The angular matte-black forms of stealth aircraft informed the appearance of this holiday home on a former military base in the Netherlands, completed by local studios Sander van Schaik and Robert-Jan de Kort Architectuur.
Aptly named Stay Under the Radar, the retreat sits on the edge of the De Hoge Veluwe National Park in an area called Buitenplaats Koningsweg, a former German military base that contained aircraft hangars camouflaged as typical farm buildings.
Sander van Schaik has completed a holiday home in the Netherlands
Over the past decade, the site has been transforming into a "cultural enclave" for artists, with the design of eleven vacation homes that respond to the theme of camouflage, including a "folly high up in the trees" by i29 and Namo Architecture. For Stay Under the Radar, Sander van Schaik and Robert-Jan de Kort Architectuur were informed by the design of the F117 Nighthawk, a stealth aircraft known for its angular profile and matte-black finish for reducing visibility to radar.
The black angular exterior is modelled on stealth aircraft
"Stay Under the Radar has a mysterious appearance with its black angular shapes ? the folded down fibreglass open mesh gratings around make it seem like it has just landed on the forest floor," explained Sander van Schaik.
The retreat sits slightly raised on an area of steel decking, overlooked by the angular glass walls of the ground floor living space.
Steel and black-painted timber walls ...