Villa Vught
Commissioner: Private | Contact person: Eric Frijters, Olv Klijn & Marie Rannou
Villa Vught is located within a zone of generic single-family homes. Positioned on a spacious plot, there are ample opportunities to uniquely address the client's expansion desires. The challenge lies in creating a space that accommodates both living and working, all while being embedded in a picturesque landscape. How can one achieve a scenic living experience in a Vinex neighborhood?
The most limiting factor in incorporating the above elements in Villa Vught is the local building regulations, which have formulated strict requirements with regard to the master plan, the architecture and the building envelope. By cleverly dealing with these restrictions and by thinking innovatively about the spatial qualities of the plot, apparent impossibilities can be transformed into adequate design solutions, resulting in a beautiful villa for living and working. A villa where security, relaxation, reception of friends and the combination of living/working is central, a house that in its final appearance enables a new way of living.
The generous program of Villa Vught is ambitious, and the challenge is precisely to give shape to that apparent contradiction of a luxurious and comfortable villa within the contours of a rowhouse district.
The leitmotif of the design is the experiment in space perception of the total living area, where a number of elements are deemed necessary: a large, stone fireplace around which several people can sit comfortably on long, cold winter nights; a library for seclusion, to (re)find peace, to study, to read; a swimming pool, for relaxation as well as for daily exercise; high floor spaces, allowing the sun to penetrate deep into the house; special staircases that cut through the house revealing the beautiful wooden ceiling; several outdoor terraces that make you (re)long for vacations in Tuscany.
Team: Nuria Ripoll, Iris Wijn, Bob L’Herminez, Greta Mozzachiodi, Mikkel, Horsbol Lauridsen, Katerina Dunickova, Ida Floche Moller