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Barnhouse Werkhoven near Utrecht
Modern Real Estate Development in Holland ? design by Ruud Visser Architects
22 Apr 2019
Barnhouse Werkhoven
Design: Ruud Visser Architects
Location: Werkhoven, The Netherlands

On the verge of the Dutch village Werkhoven, a new residential area has been realised with building-plots. At this location our clients bought a plot on an angling. Other plots are rectangularly shaped. However, because of its particular situation, this plot has a triangular shape. The clients asked Ruud Visser Architects to design Barnhouse Werkhoven on the plot.

In the Netherlands everyone can build their own dreamhouse on a building-plot. But most houses realised are Catalogue-houses. Like cars, Catalogue-houses are sold in different types.
A popular Catalogue-type is the Barn-house. This type has the appearance of a barn converted into a house. Like a barn, the Barn-house has a big gable roof and the construction is mainly made out of wood.

Therefore we started our design process with a ?gable roof?. At the cusp of the roof (the ridge) we divided the house in two parts. One part is empty-space up to the ridge. The other part is closed space. Here we situated the bedrooms, bathroom and kitchen.

Houses on a rectangular plot are positioned in the front of the plot, facing the street. Dividing the plot into a small front yard and a big back yard. But because ou...