Comments on: Villa Soest / Zecc Architecten

By: J. I. LINARES CPI

J. I. LINARES CPI — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:58:08 +0000

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By: nulla

nulla — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:07:23 +0000

The approach to the project is a bit conservative, in a modern fashion, but this is a choice, not a limit of the project. Again, wood and stone: a very clear choice. People can agree or not with this, nothing wrong for me. All in all a good work, in my opinion

By: Fudge

Fudge — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:45:33 +0000

I enjoy the overall form of this building. The accents of wooden paneling lead well into the clean white interiors offer a delightful contrast. However, even though the repetition of the stone patterning does resemble that of a texture map, is this necessarily a bad thing? Granted here it was probably not the intention of the architect to create this effect, but before the advent of computer aided design and ‘renders’ this type of repetition may have been considered attractive if not inventive. Our desire to disguise texture maps to invoke reality into our imagery has resulted in us neglecting perhaps an overlooked facet of design.

Why can’t these repetitions BE the architecture?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:27:57 +0000

Being an architect and working through drawings everyday I don’t find the plans overly complicated. The author is choosing to show items like vertical mechanical chases which are typically excluded from presentation plans. Such items may muck-up the drawings a bit but they also establish them as working drawings – rather than just pretty pictures.

By: frank Wilson

frank Wilson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:34:34 +0000

Hey guys,
I like the way you are reviewing projects nowadays. I am glad that we are all growing.

I will only comment on the shell of the project due to obvious reasons. I do always love texture on buildings, and pushing materials and finding different ways to use them.

The stone application is overdone and the mix with the wood vertical finish is very provocative. Positive and negative without balance. Too light and too heavy…

By: guy

guy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:34:03 +0000

I don’t think I would have a problem with the stone if it were actually stone. It appears to be a formed stack stone to me… “engineered stone” or concrete posing as stone. It always comes off as fake looking and as in this case almost like a render. The repetition of the stone forms turns into one of those posters where you see a 3-D image if you stare long enough. Not exactly keeping with modern ideas in terms of material use, not that they were trying. If it comes down to budget, I would say save it somewhere else and use real stone where you can. The form of the house is pleasing but I think the stone cladding would drive me insane if I lived there. Alas, I don’t! I’m sure the clients love it.

By: g dehls

g dehls — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:53:58 +0000

let me guess 2 cars 2 people,what a great use of land in a landless country.

By: One

One — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:20:08 +0000

Woow wow, It gos a bit too far, I assume. Stone and glass is not a bad combination, to me, …?

By: christopher

christopher — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:08:44 +0000

i agree, the stone clashes terribly with the wood on the facades, however i enjoy the use of the stone. the seventh image down is beautiful…rethink the wood. also the floor plan feels way to compartmentalized for a house this size…

By: Enn

Enn — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:03:34 +0000

From outside the house is a way better than an inner layout. Exterior composition of intersecting forms and two contrasting materials are almost perfect! Very beautiful! Plans are as somebody said here quite closed and somehow hectic but not so bad – perhaps it’s client’s wish… :)
Conclusion – beautiful house!

By: ST

ST — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:13:56 +0000

The stone continuing over the windows makes it read as a “skin” – and you’re correct to mention that this is not the natural or traditional stereotomic use of stone. It comes across as a diagram here – though in this particular instance I like it. I can’t give you a reason why other than it simply pleases me to look at it. In most instances I too would seek to avoid this kind of detail, but its done with an intentionality here; a kind of smart-alecky way, akin to Michelangelo’s purposeful misuse of classical elements in the Laurentian library. I can’t blame you for not liking it…to each his own.

By: Nicholas Patten

Nicholas Patten — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:16:02 +0000

I'd Live Here: Villa Soest. http://bit.ly/2nawCq

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:30:12 +0000

Okay, this is just my opinion, how many people feel that using stone above all of the many openings is just a horrible use of this material. It’s use screams at me – BAD, BAD!

Regarding the floor plan, which looks like a bad rendition of a quasi-international style, it’s spaces are just too closed off from each other (again in my opinion) – there seems to be no flow through the spaces and no rhyme nor reason as to their placement within the plan.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:28:59 +0000

JDR, Seconded. the house is on a complex side, that make ti appear a little smaller than what it is.

By: tom

tom — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:21:20 +0000

How to find plot like this one?

By: blues75

blues75 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:05:44 +0000

It’s the King’s Soldier living Robin Hood alike;)

By: arhitectura

arhitectura — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:47:54 +0000

Villa Soest / Zecc Architecten: © Cornbread Works Architect: Zecc Architecten Location: Soest, The Netherlands .. http://tinyurl.com/ykutamk

By: jonas

jonas — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:37:34 +0000

the interiors look nice, though the exterior is quite strange, the stone cladding contrasts with the wood not too pleasantly

By: JDR

JDR — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:20:28 +0000

hmz,
those floor plans are made way to complex, hence
the overall impression is an unrelaxed, uneasy feel.

By: Jim Strapko

Jim Strapko — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:39:44 +0000

Villa Soest, Netherlands: http://bit.ly/1HkyxR – Stone, glass, and wood box. Rough stone with discrete support at corners.