House, Breda
With its flat roof and single level,
this house makes a modernist statement in an up-market residential area of
mainly standard fare with pitched roofs. Lifted into space, its volume keeps
close to the building line on the street to leave as much garden space as
possible in the southwest. Both front and rear entrances are set back; the roof
plane continues without a break. A bridge at the streetside entrance and a
raised patio and terrace in the garden stitch together inside and outside, creating
a long visual and physical corridor through the property.
Square in plan, the house has a
cruciform infill of an open and a closed zone that cross at its heart. In the
closed zone are the bathrooms, toilets, cloakroom and garage. The hermetic side
walls have horizontal profile aluminium cladding; facades in the open zone are
fully glazed. Four bedrooms cum workrooms stand along the entrance side, with
the living and kitchen/diner overlooking the garden. Glazed slits and light
courts punctuate the concrete vegetated roof.
Client
Family
Van Krimpen
Architect
Benthem
Crouwel Architekten
Gross
floor area
250
m²
Start
design
2003
Start
construction
2003
Completion
2004
