Lime-washed bricks and a black overhanging roof characterise this home that Dutch studio Chris Collaris Architects has accomplished in a verdant backyard close to Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Appropriately referred to as Lime Wash Home, the house is designed for a household who needed an intimate connection to their environment within the suburb of Sonniuspark in Son en Breugel.
Chris Collaris Architects positioned the house in the course of the plot and integrated beneficiant openings to make sure a hyperlink between the home and the backyard, which was landscaped by native studio Frank Heijligers.
The studio’s design matches three flooring throughout what seems to be a two-storey quantity, with an open-plan dwelling area on the bottom flooring, bedrooms on the primary flooring and an attic examine within the roof.
Giant gable finish partitions clad in tumbled bricks with a pale lime wash are coupled with a big sandwich panel roof to assist exaggerate the proportions of the house.
“Along with the large roof extensions [and] minimal detailing, the home seems acquainted but surprisingly acquainted,” studio founder Chris Collaris informed Dezeen. “You perceive the clear kind, but the quantity is extra fierce.”
The backyard, which surrounds all sides of the Lime Wash Home, is designed to supply completely different environments to sit down, play and chill out. It may be accessed from 4 factors on the bottom flooring.
“The backyard organisation is linked to the construction of the home,” stated Collaris. “When water falls from the roof it goes instantly from the overhanging roofparts in direction of the flower beds.”
The doorway to the house is positioned below the roof’s overhang, highlighting its timber underside and its gutter-free eaves.
Inside Lime Wash Home, a hallway with a triple-height void results in an L-shaped dwelling area housing the kitchen, eating room and front room. Right here, heat timber joists line the ceilings.
A connection to the outside is prioritised, with the northwest nook of the house opening up fully to hyperlink the eating area to an out of doors terrace.
On the higher storeys, the timber joists of the roof are expressed within the bedrooms and household toilet.
A spotlight of the house is the dual-storey dormer. Shared between the lavatory and the examine area above it, it has sliding full-height home windows and presents views throughout the verdant backyard.
Earlier houses that Chris Collaris Architects has accomplished within the Netherlands embrace a lakeside residence clad in black-stained timber and a compact black home designed to face out like a minimalist sculpture, each close to Amsterdam.
The pictures is by Tim van de Velde.
