BUITENHUIS HOUSE
VLOT architecten
DESIGN TEAM
Jeroen Lemans, Stefan de Vos
AREA
54 m²
YEAR
2020
LOCATION
Heinenoord, The Netherlands
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
In a garden between a dike and farmland VLOT architecten designed a small house. The main goal of the clients was to create a place where they could enjoy the garden more as well as the view over the farmland.
This is translated in a wooden structure that is interwoven with its direct surroundings. Existing plants and trees are incorporated in the structure.
The entire glazed façade can be opened and in doing so is fading the border between the inside and outside. The cantilever adds to this and creates a gradual transition.
Buitenhuis is 54 m2 in size however, when the weather allows it, the entire deck can be experienced as surface area enlarging to 210 m2.
The floor is heightened a little from the garden and in doing so the garden continues under the deck.
The deck cantilevers over an existing ditch, this ditch creates the border between garden and farmland. From this vantagepoint the ever-changing farmland can be observed.
The pergola is incorporated within the structure and creates a very direct relation with the garden from the inside.
The majority of the rainwater is guided the plants and trees. Modular The structure is compiled of laminated larch combined with CLT.
Three CLT walls give the column and beam structure its stability. It is a modular structure design on a 1,5-meter grid. Cross-shaped columns are placed on the grid and carry the roof. The modular structure is filled in with six prefabricated elements.
Three CLT walls give the column and beam structure its stability. It is a modular structure design on a 1,5-meter grid.
Cross-shaped columns are placed on the grid and carry the roof. The modular structure is filled in with six prefabricated elements.
Wood is used as the larch load bearing structure, larch window frames, timber framing with larch cladding, wood fiber insulation, birch plywood floor and ceiling and padouk decking.
The roof is covered with sedum, which works both as a water collector and as an integration of building and nature. The building is engineered to be completely dismountable, only dry connections have been used.
Buitenhuis is all-electric and uses electric floor heating, electric boilers and electric cooking. The cantilevers keep the hot summer sun out and let the winter sun in. The elevation in the roof allows hot air to rise upwards. The glass façade can be opened from all sides so the wind can pass through.
