The project by Viva Architecture in Baarle-Nassau is a contemporary interpretation of a typical “long-facade” farmhouse. The house is sequentially built up with spaces that are interconnected in the longitudinal direction. The resulting long axes make the house more spacious.
Dear Farm
The project by Viva Architecture in Baarle-Nassau is a contemporary interpretation of a typical “long-facade” farmhouse and features a continuous facade material.
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- 06 June 2017
- Baarle-Nassau
As with a classic farmhouse, the roof is covered with clay tiles. In this case, they continue as a facade material and are perforated by square windows in three different sizes. The short ends of the house are treated as a cutting plane and finished with glass and aluminum panels. This reinterpretation emphasizes the prototypical design of a house.
The new and smaller farmhouse is designed and constructed as a solid wood construction (CLT). Transverse views are important to the client, in order to check up on the animals and intervene the moment a problem occurs. The solid wood structure of the house was left naked on the inside, which means that the “standard” addition of a piping cavity and a finishing material is unnecessary, and the wood structure remains visible.
Dear farm, Baarle-Nassau
Program: farmhouse
Architect: Viva Architecture
Surface: 250 sqm
Completion: 2016