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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Villa Bussum : By GROUP A

Bussum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
GROUP A
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
Photo © Courtesy of Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee
This private residence for a family, completed in June 2009, is situated in a lush, leafy neighbourhood in Bussum, a small town near Amsterdam. The neighbourhood is known for its 19th century villas, designed in a vast array of revivalist styles. The design for the villa by GROUP A is modern and sculptural and interacts in a natural way with its surroundings.
Photo © Courtesy of Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee

Photo © Courtesy of Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee
By using slanting walls and roofs the abstract building volume plays by contrast with the neighbourhoods monumental, sometimes even frivolous 19th century villas. At the same time, the villa’s sculptural character ensures that it feels comfortably embedded in the landscape. Thus, the villa’s design enhances its integration with both context and community, yet outstanding by its singular language.
Photo © Courtesy of Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee

Photo © Courtesy of Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee
The villa’s building type evolved from a simple rectangular volume with a rotated pitched roof. Subsequently, segments were cut from this volume in order to create windows, terraces, balconies and entrances. A cut-out corner facing the street in front of the house clearly indicates the main entrance, while on the eastern side of the villa, a secluded garden and a second entrance offer a more private side. A comfortable porch and a 15 meter wide panorama window face the garden at the back of the house, and double up as a transition between the villa and the garden.
Photo © Courtesy of Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee

Photo © Courtesy of Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee
Both gardens in front and at the back of the house are linked to each other by a sloping path. This descending path lowers itself underneath the cantilevering block, thereby providing garden access for the basement floor, and a comfortable covered parking spot. The client asked for a villa with a modern feel, a garden with a high degree of privacy and the possibility of sheltered parking. By designing a cantilevering villa, positioned between the street and the private zone of the plot, all three of these demands were addressed. The design includes the answers to the demands, and integrates them through simple operations into a sculpted, modern and clear volume.
Photo © Courtesy of Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee

Photo © Courtesy of Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee

Photo © Courtesy of Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee

Photo © Courtesy of Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee

situation plan--drawing Courtesy of GROUP A

first floor plan--drawing Courtesy of GROUP A

ground floor plan--drawing Courtesy of GROUP A

elevation--drawing Courtesy of GROUP A

sections--drawing Courtesy of GROUP A

exploded axo--drawing Courtesy of GROUP
The people
Architect: GROUP A
Location: Bussum, Amsterdam
Client: Private
Contractor: Saam, Empe
Structures: K-Kostrukties, Rotterdam
Installations: Installatietechniek Coppens, Beverwijk
Site area: 1,450 sqm
Constructed area: 280 sqm
Year of enchargement: 2005
Construction Year: 2009
Photographs: Scagliola / Brakkee
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