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House agricultural dutch: Quick notes
When Dutch architects Mechthild Stuhlmacher and Rien Korteknie of Korteknie Stuhlmacher were asked to design a holiday house for a large family on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee off the coast of Rotterdam, they were met with two main challenges: 1) The local building laws permitted a maximum total volume of 750 square meters, and 2) the family wanted to maintain a modest profile among the small, traditional houses of the island’s agricultural landscape. For the first, they lowered the floor in part of the house by 45 centimeters (about 18 inches) as a workaround to the limits (the below ground area doesn’t factor into the total square footage). For the second, they split the property and built two connected buildings: one narrow single-story house that’s sympathetic to the workers’ houses in the area, and a larger structure designed to resemble a traditional barn.
The 220-square-meter property (about 2,400 square feet) is constructed with cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels precut to size and assembled on-site within two weeks. (The architects had previous experience with the material and worked with carpenter Christian Doerschug, who specializes in CLT structures.) The houses are clad in Western red cedar siding, and the interiors are outfitted with ash paneling, custom furniture, and Dutch and English lighting fixtures. Join us for a lesson in subtle splendor.
Photography by Luuk Kramer, courtesy of Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten.
Above: The larger barn-like building as seen from behind the house. The property sits on the site of a former dilapidated farm from the 1950s. 
Above: The architects worked around strict limits on roof angle, shape, and direction. Here is where the two houses, and their pitched roofs meet. 
Above: The Western red cedar siding of the house is finished with a natural wash to âanticipate the patina and graynessâ says Stuhlmacher. âThe house will not need painting in the future.â 
Above: The pale green paint color on the kitchen cabinets and island, window frames, and doors is Beige Grey, available through Dulux.
Above: The kitchen counters are a dark brown terrazzo and the pendant lights are porcelain and copper Bufferlamps by Dutch design studio Wieki Somers. 
Above: The pendant lights hanging above the custom ash dining tables are Original BTC Hector Pendant Lights. The chairs are vintage school chairs sourced by the clients. (For more, see our post 5 Favorites: Sources for Vintage-Style French School Chairs.)
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