⬤ front facade
⬤ entrance facade
⬤ entrance zone with daylight
⬤ kitchen and dining place
⬤ terras side
⬤ visual front facade
House Berlicum
Project
House Berlicum
Location
Berlicum, The Netherlands
Client
Private commisioner
Year design
2004
In cooperation with
Bouwstudio PelserHartman, Claartje ten Have interiordesign
Execution
Gebr. van Aarle, contractor
Year realisation
2010
House Berlicum
Location
Berlicum, The Netherlands
Client
Private commisioner
Year design
2004
In cooperation with
Bouwstudio PelserHartman, Claartje ten Have interiordesign
Execution
Gebr. van Aarle, contractor
Year realisation
2010
Task
For Blom&Moors not an everyday task: design a house for a couple in Berlicum. The design is based on the dual needs of the residents: privacy, seclusion and security, but also room for plenty of daylight and views. The house had to be compact and on one level, ask low maintenance and offer space to lodge ran (grand-) children.
Design
The various needs are translated into a design that has a felt contrast between open and closed, and light and dark. Familiar elements from the old home of the residents were used in the new plan, such as how the kitchen and the scullery fit together, and the office which appears to be almost a copy from the previous house. Durable and robust materials and equipment were starting, a high degree of comfort a matter of course.
Two long and sturdy walls enclose the property. The wall on the street gives an closed impression and protects against viewing and traffic noise. Deep steel frame windows reflect the robust character of the house. The wall on the garden side offers complete privacy to the bedrooms. The entrance looks lighter: here the facade opens itself through a glass door in a with vertical wooden slats lightly timbered facade. The facade on the side patio has a glass wall of 10 meters wide, a large overhang provides shelter from sun and rain.
In the house are 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a spacious living room with open kitchen and a scullery. The indoor library and storage can both be used as n extra guest room. The wide corridor that connects all the rooms is equipped with a rooflight that provides the house of a special light. Also bathroom and library are equipped with large rooflights through which skies and treetops of the surrounding vegetation can be seen at various locations. In the annexe there are a sauna room, storage and timber storage. All bedrooms have a door to the garden.
Material use
The material used for the house is contrasting yet quietly: hand-molded bricks in a moody red / gray palette for the stone facade, western red cedar on the wooden walls and overhangs. The interior features mat plastered walls in various shades and a kitchen in wood and high gloss. A sand-colored floor without thresholds connects all the spaces.
For Blom&Moors not an everyday task: design a house for a couple in Berlicum. The design is based on the dual needs of the residents: privacy, seclusion and security, but also room for plenty of daylight and views. The house had to be compact and on one level, ask low maintenance and offer space to lodge ran (grand-) children.
Design
The various needs are translated into a design that has a felt contrast between open and closed, and light and dark. Familiar elements from the old home of the residents were used in the new plan, such as how the kitchen and the scullery fit together, and the office which appears to be almost a copy from the previous house. Durable and robust materials and equipment were starting, a high degree of comfort a matter of course.
Two long and sturdy walls enclose the property. The wall on the street gives an closed impression and protects against viewing and traffic noise. Deep steel frame windows reflect the robust character of the house. The wall on the garden side offers complete privacy to the bedrooms. The entrance looks lighter: here the facade opens itself through a glass door in a with vertical wooden slats lightly timbered facade. The facade on the side patio has a glass wall of 10 meters wide, a large overhang provides shelter from sun and rain.
In the house are 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a spacious living room with open kitchen and a scullery. The indoor library and storage can both be used as n extra guest room. The wide corridor that connects all the rooms is equipped with a rooflight that provides the house of a special light. Also bathroom and library are equipped with large rooflights through which skies and treetops of the surrounding vegetation can be seen at various locations. In the annexe there are a sauna room, storage and timber storage. All bedrooms have a door to the garden.
Material use
The material used for the house is contrasting yet quietly: hand-molded bricks in a moody red / gray palette for the stone facade, western red cedar on the wooden walls and overhangs. The interior features mat plastered walls in various shades and a kitchen in wood and high gloss. A sand-colored floor without thresholds connects all the spaces.