Patio House
Bloot Architecture
In Velp, the Netherlands, a sustainable
refurbishment and extension of a dilapidated
1950s villa has recently been completed. The
villa is situated on the edge of National Park
Veluwezoom, a nature reserve. The many small
rooms of the original house have been reduced to
a small amount of light and spacious spaces and a
concrete extension with patio (atrium) was added
to the house.
Although the various living spaces are in open
connection with each other, the separate rooms
retain their own intimate atmosphere. The patio, the
restricted use of partition walls, the larger windows
and passageways allow natural light to penetrate
into the home and show the sightlines of the
various interior and exterior spaces; this makes that
the spaces flow smoothly from one into the other.
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The concrete beam in the façade of the original
house still defines the characteristics of the villa.
Parallel with this beam is the underside of the new
plant-covered concrete roof of the addition. The
original concrete beam is only 2.3 meters high
(from floor to underside of the beam), therefore the
addition was partly built into the ground to create
more height.
This way the addition lies sunken in the garden and
blends naturally with the surroundings. The split-
level provides playfulness to the house; you can sit
on the low concrete wall of the extension part in
the garden and partly inside the house. They also
provide a subtle distinction between the different
spaces.
Images :- ww.ossip.nl Ossip Van Duivenbode
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