House Baetens / JagerJanssen architecten
Architect: JagerJanssen architecten BNA
Location: ELST, The Netherlands
Collaborators: Alex Jager, Rogier Janssen, Rob Bergervoet
Assistant: Marijn Boterman
Contractor: Bussman Bouw, Winterswijk
Built area: 220 sqm
Project Year: 2006
Construction Year: 2007
Photographs: Rene de Wit
Firm but Fair
The intersection of a planned green strip and an existing avenue provide an architectural opportunity for this a two-storey dwelling. The first floor appears to be cumbersome and heavy materialised: dark bricks with continuous seams result in an abstract rugged character. The second floor will be a wooden shaft: lighter in colour, weight and design.
Open kitchen
The cooking ilse is lit by a translucent plane. The kitchen appliciances are integrated in the adjacent wall.
Plinth, Daylightstrip and Monolith
The plinth of the building is heavy, due to it’s wild bond masonry with retreating seams. A continuous daylightstrip separates the base from the monolithic trespa toploor.
Lineair staircase
Perpendicular to the groundloor central axis, a lineair staircase connects to the second loor . The orientation of the top loor vestibule is crosswise, thus maximizing the spatial perception of the dwelling. Ascending the staircase, one walks towards the light.
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- situation plan
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- level 01 plan
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- level 02 plan
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- elevation 01
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- elevation 02
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- elevation 03
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- elevation 04
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- section 01
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- section 02
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- cladding detail
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- concept axo
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Great! Can’t get enough of posts like this.
I can’t get a grip of the section featuring the balcony. Would have choosen another kind of wood for the second floor.
But it’s a really unusual and smart idea with the glass dividing the building.
That’s a pretty strange bathroom in the seocnd floor, why separate the WC from the bathroom?, specially if you have so much space in it.
excellent.
I like the whole project! the bathroom question is not given, it is quite nice to have it seperatet!
GREAT!
if you kept with the brick instead of going to wood on the exterior then maybe we could talk.
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