אדריכלות ישראלית

House of the Season

Architecture of Israel #

109

May

2017

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english

while maximizing exposure to daylight. Located on the corner plot of an old hospital,

the main facade is made of a rectangular brick wall

;

a mysterious entrance leads to

well lit inner areas defined by a curved, fluid, full height glazed wall. Indented around

an old olive tree, this wall creates a courtyard serving as the focal point of the house.

Shira Shenton

Keeping up with MVRDV’s environmental and climate aware

commitment, the living spaces that absorb massive sunlight are slightly

cantilevered for self-shading; a heat pump for percolation, and solar

panels on the root, creating the potential for the house to become self-

sufficient. A sun trap patio provides an extra paved barbecue space for

Dutch summer days.

Serving as the living room’s backbone, a long wood closet conceals all

the domestic functions, including the basement entrance which serves

for extra storage, guest toilet, kitchen cabinets and pantry.

On the upper floor are the bedrooms that open onto a terrace

overlooking the surroundings.

The overall design provides a clean, gimmick-free interpretation of

1930’s modernism, with its long, white brick wall, full-height glazing

and contrasting integration of straight and curved, open and enclosed,

defined and flexible.

Casa Kwantes, Rotterdam,

Netherlands, 2016

MVRDV Architects

Design Team:

Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs,

Nathalie de Vries, Frans de Witte, Herman

Gaarman, Arjen Ketting and Brygida Zawadzka

Interiors:

DK Projects, BE.

Photos:

Ossip van Duivenbode

2016 ,

בית קואנטס, רוטרדם

וויני מאס, ג׳ייקוב ואן רייס, נטלי דה וריס,

MVRDV

פראנס דה וויט, הרמן גארמנן, ארין קטינג,

בריגידה זוודג׳קה.

.DK Projects, BE

עיצוב פנים:

Ossip van Duivenbode

צילומים:

Casa Kwantes, Rotterdam

gimmick-free interpretation

of 1930s modernism