Rhythm House in Amsterdam is clad in rough-sawn timber and designed to be a modern adaptation of the area's previous agricultural houses.
Built in the neighbourhood of Sloten on the outskirts of Amsterdam, Julius Taminiau Architects named the home Rhythm House to reflect how music impacted the design.
We use music often as an inspiration in our designs, but this time it was really the leitmotif for the house," Julius Taminiau founder of Julius Taminiau Architects told Dezeen.
Top: the arrangement of large windows was informed by music. Above: it has a cut-out terrace in the roof
The home's facade is clad in repeating timber batons and broken by strategically placed windows that were placed to let light enter the house so that it is an "instrument played by the sun". "The melodic window composition, rhythmic play of the facade cladding, minimalist detailing and sustainable materialization make the house a modern variant of the historic wooden houses in the area," explained the architect.
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Due to the home location, tucked behind a series of other self-build projects, the house was designed to appear like a "modest outbuilding".
To differentiate from the surrounding brick homes, but not directly imitate the previous timber farms, the studio chose to clad the structure in rough sawn timber.
"A brick-clad house would look too gothic, disproportionate and heavy," Taminiau explained. &q...