Van Schijndel House by Lab32 architecten

Architects: Lab32 architecten
Location: Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Year: 2010
Photo courtesy: Philippe van Gelooven
Description:

The estate is a restoration and augmentation of the first cottage planned by Dutch modeler Van der Woerd in the late 50s in Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

The house is set in a restrictive local location with vast plots, thick vegetation and an open pine timberland on the posterior. Since the property was a legacy, the family chose to live there for a couple of years so they could encounter the house and area before beginning the redesign.

The format of two story building, of which one is incompletely underground, is completely revamped by Lab32 draftsmen and the thought was to orientate all rooms towards the vast patio nursery, the pool and the poolhouse. The association with the area is the most significant base for the presence of the estate, so all living spaces have substantial windows towards the outside which offers wonderful perspectives, while the vast secured terras with Livium shades gives enough shade on sunny days and naturel light inside on winter days.

On ground level the estate’s high principle passageway lobby, offers abundance to every single living space, for example, the study, the kitchen, the lounge area, the front room, 3 rooms, 2 bathrooms and the carport. Unique and not an ordinary configuration is the developed garage for the extensive fabricated house. The manor is described by its delightful sightlines, insignificant configuration, solid lines and exceptional materials. The materials palette on the ouside is restricted to white putting on extern divider protection, zinc cladding and characteristic dim aluminum window casings making an unadulterated and clean compositional expression.

The indoor outline and lighting arrangement, likewise composed by Lab32 designers, is in flawlessly amicability with the estate, coordinating wonderfully with the moderate feel wishes of the customers. Everything is clear-lined and basic as would be prudent, even the shading palette is limited and self-denying – white putting, light dim DRT poured floors and sparkling white furniture lace and make an impeccable mood for the display of the numerous antiquities, models and contemporary craft of the proprietors. Lab32 left nothing to risk and made a completely elite made-to-quantify suit offering an ideal living comfort.