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Fig Tree House Vogelwijk
Contemporary Dutch Residential Building – design by Bloot Architecture, The Netherlands
17 Dec 2018
Fig Tree House, Vogelwijk, The Hague
Location: Lindestraat 21, The Hague, the Netherlands
Design: Bloot Architecture

In The Hague?s Vogelwijk district in The Netherlands, a minimalist house extension contrasts sharply with the expressive brick architecture of a 1927?s house, exposing the ?hidden? qualities.
Fig Tree House in The Hague

The house has an original annex at the front side with behind it a beautiful fig tree in the garden that was not visible from inside the old house. Because the new extension extends beyond the existing width of the house, the glass extension is going into a relationship with the existing annex.
This creates a semi-enclosed outdoor space around the old fig tree. By widening the extension, a third world arises around the hidden fig tree alongside the old and the new world.

The design for the extension of the house balances between a sharp contrast and the relationship it has with the existing ‘hidden’ qualities of the house.

The existing architecture from 1927 has elements of Art Nouveau and the Amsterdam School. The new addition adds a sharp contrast to the expressive brick architecture through minimalist detailing. The fully glazed façade has a minimal roof ledge and glass that runs to the level of the garden. From...