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Villa Aerdenhout
A characteristic of this 1930’s neighbourhood are the long, curving streets lined by hedges and mature trees. The houses, many of them villas, are richly detailed in brickwork with slate, tiled and thatched roofs and finely detailed windows. The new villa interprets this existing palette of materials in a contemporary manner in order to harmonise with its surroundings. The aim is to address the history of the area without historicising: traditional and new building methods are combined, the principal aim being to detail in such a way that in the long term the materials attain a patina. more...
Published in the Yearbook of dutch architecture 2005-2006.
