Four volumes piece together to form Studio Prototype's Villa Schoorl in Holland
Four separate volumes fit together "like a puzzle" to form this villa in the Netherlands, designed by Studio Prototype as a contemporary interpretation of the region's typical black barns (+ slideshow).
The Amsterdam-based studio designed Villa Schoorl for a professional photographer who needed areas with different levels of privacy.
This prompted the architects to divide up the structure into different volumes, with the more private domestic areas enclosed with the four blocks, and social and work spaces slotted in between.
Pieced together, the four volumes slightly abstract the traditional house profile. In some places the blocks overlap, and some elements jut out.
"The objects within play a game with the outer surface of the house and volumes pierce through the main mass," said Studio Prototype. "The total feels like a spatial puzzle of materials and moods."
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In some place the volumes are set back from the perimeter, allowing the roof to shelter a number of outdoor spaces.
The house is located in the small town of Schoorl, near Alkmaar ? part of a coastal region sheltered by sand dunes.
To reference the region's traditional black barns, the house is clad in dark metal. Anodised aluminium forms the side walls and roof, and steel plate was used for the facade.
Instead of covering the metal wi...
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