Casa Kwantes, New Rotterdam Home, Dutch Residential Architecture Images
Casa Kwantes near Rotterdam
Contemporary Private Residence in The Netherlands ? design by MVRDV
13 Mar 2017
Casa Kwantes
Architects: MVRDV
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
MVRDV reveals Casa Kwantes: smuggling a swoosh into nostalgic urban regulations

MVRDV recently completed Casa Kwantes, a private residence west of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This 480 sqm property gives its residents the privacy they desire whilst at the same time opens up the house towards the garden and daylight. Operating within a nostalgic urban requirement, a wall of 1930s brickwork creates a boundary between family and public life towards the street, whilst on the garden side, fluid glass walls sweep around the living spaces, embracing the house?s focal point, an olive tree. Out of sight, the home also has several sophisticated renewable energy production systems with the potential for it to become entirely self-sufficient.
Casa Kwantes bases itself around the clients? desire for seclusion and privacy, whilst having a maximum of daylight and open living spaces. From the road, the bare brick wall offers only a partial glimpse into the property and family life through an opening of the white brickwork fa̤ade Рa subtle indented entrance leading into an initially dark and enclosed entrance hall. In contrast, the reverse of the property completely opens up to the south with curved windows following the entire winding ...