Architectural - Architectonisch

50 - 50 ... the house in balance

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"50 - 50" façades

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June 2000

My round house, the perfect balance between built and not-built, nature and technique: Yin-Yang is the solution. The contours of the house follow a circle. The part most remote from the entry is the smallest, towards the middle the building gets more dominant.
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"DIY House"

"DIY House" - scale model"DIY House" - scale model

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This house (6 X 6 X 6 M), designed to house two people, can be constructed in a very short time. The assignement was to stay within the boundaries of the kube with the chance to expand in a single direction. Therefore, we chose to make a twist in the top floor and project a panel from glass - this together gives the direction for future expansion. In the planning, we used a wooden skeleton construction with sandwich panels as walls. On the ground floor they are covered on the outside with western red ceddar, at the top floor with aluminium.

Zouterwoudsesingel 31

Zouterwoudsesingel 31Zouterwoudsesingel 31

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November 1998

This Construction drawing of an existing situation of a monument building in Leiden was made during an internship at the Architectural Firm of Reinier Verbeek in Leiden (August – December 1988). All details were drawn with high precision, extra attention was paid to the woodwork (wooden frames etc.). All drawings are made with MiniCAD (nowadays called Vectorworks).
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The little house on the Delft Market Square

The little house on the Delft Market SquareThe little house on the Delft Market Square

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June 1998

The house is designed for the people working on the market, who like a cup of coffee and for toilet use. The outer area can be used by tourists on days when there is no market, just for sitting down and enjoying the view.

Circle

"Circle" - scale model"Circle" - scale model

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January 1998

The assignment was to start associating based on a clear architectural concept. The result did not need to be realistic, with other words: materials and constructions could be used without any architectural justification. The point of departure was ”the cage and its meaning”. It protects the outside world: something can’t escape (jail), but it protects what is inside as well against the outside world (a child in a playpen). There are different kinds of cage, and they can be translated in different manners, there are several metaphors.

I enjoy working with: JKP Radha Madhav Dham, Jan Stap, Research & Communication, EXARC