House Kersten

Street facade at night.

• The house is located in Waterrijk Woerden in the Netherlands. The city plan, by West 8 stipulates that cars need to be parked within the volume of the site.
• The client is disabled. Therefore an elevator in the house was necessary.
• The house had to be built with a low budget.

Therefore, at an early stage the choice was made for a compact volume, a light facade and an efficient position of the stairs in order to make, simple construction possible.

Garden facade.

The house veils its functions. Normal elements that characterize a house like a porch, front door, living room window etc, are hidden deliberately. The detailing supports the concealing.

With nuance, subtle interest is generated in the design by sticking out the round glass stones by 1 cm and putting back the steel fence on the ground floor by 10 cm.

The steel plates of the fence have laser cut holes. This relatively rich ornament is inspired by 19th century cast iron fences. In the steel fence a door and electric garage door is hidden. The facade is made of black plasterwork, finished with a shiny silicon coating.

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