Villa in the Dunes is a house designed by architects Zandbelt&vandenBerg, located at the edge of the dunes in the Hook of Holland, the Netherlands.
The ground floor of the three-storey residence is partly covered by the dunes and includes a guest house.
Photographs by Christian Richters.
The following text is from Zandbelt&vandenBerg
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Villa in the dunes
Hoek van Holland
A villa for an art-loving couple has been completed at the edge of the dunes of Hook of Holland.
The entrance level is situated in the dunes as a bunker and consists of a guesthouse, besides the entrance functions.
The piano nobile, the residents’ daily domain, is organized around a patio.
The living on the front gives access to a dunegarden through a terrace.
On the other side the kitchen hovers above the ground.
On top of this all, the master bedroom.
An exterior staircase leads to a roof terrace and provides a panorama on the surrounding dune landscape and its bunkers. The sea lures at the horizon.
Architect
Zandbelt&vandenBerg
Rotterdam, NL
Team
Daan Zandbelt and Rogier van den Berg with Tom Bokkers, David Luque
Client
Pieter & Diana van Toor
Start project
October 2005
Start construction
January 2007
Delivery
June 2008
what i dont get is if you go to the roof terrace you can look at the dunes where there are other bunkers, or were the architects talking about the villa as a bunker.
if they were then that would be pretty rad
in the Hook of Holland ?! ;)
too many different materials, too much different detais, keep it mor cohesive, would have been better
little boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes…
little boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes…
little boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes…
Hoek van Holland > Corner of Holland?! ;-)
bulky but fragmented
Guys,
a “bunker” derives from a GOLF catchphrase.
It´s the sand holes, that´s all…..
There are some interesting ideas here, like the reference to Casa Malaparte on top (let’s hope it was meant that way), and it is growing on me. I wouldn’t mind living there. But in the end I have to agree with zoot.
The more I look at this project the more I like it. It has a lot of peculiar moments that I can’t imagine the reasoning behind, yet they also aren’t so dramatic that I dislike them.
My house is my castle
This house is like a contemporary work of art with too many different materials and too much different details-ideal for art lovers
Architecture and art are a task of synthesis
Otherwise every house could/should be just one box
NagNagNag
You cannot please everyone. Can you ? Should you?
I see a inspiring work and a well-planned living space
Great house
Take care
here’s a better dune house:
http://dkdesignstudio.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/dune-house/
no that dune house sucks.
this bunker thing is where its at!
Salty
i really liked the whole thing. in iran , we use inner courtyards in hot , and hot and humid climates to reduce the heat in the buildings . i have been working on contemporary inner courtyards lately , and this one is one of the best i have seen so far .
good job !
At the Hook the dunes are covered with old military bunkers, somehow this villa combines the bluntness of this landscape with the elegance of residential living. I like it!
the form might not be interesting,just a simple box……but the space arrangement is beautiful and the vertical circulation is nice..!