The house for the Schipper family in Venray Netherlands By JSA

Location:Venray

Client:mr and mrs Schipper

Design:1995

Realisation:1996

Surface:170 sq m

Building costs:118.000 euro

The house for the Schipper family in the Matterhornlaan in Venray forms part of an infill plan in the Veltum neighbourhood, which involves adding six new plots at the end of the street. To the south, the property borders on the grounds of an existing house and to the west and the north, new houses have been built. The eastern side of the property is not built up. This side also offers an attractive view of an adjoining wood.

Based on the constraints imposed by the location, a patio model has been developed in which the house provides its own privacy while at the same time full advantage is taken of the unimpeded view. In the patio area the ‘inner skin’ of the house is opened up as much as possible, allowing a view of both the inner garden and the adjoining countryside from all rooms. In contrast, the ‘outer skin’ of the house has a closed style and is constructed from variegated red brick with the occasional opening at strategic points.....more Photography: Bastiaan Ingenhousz

House Renovation | van Zanden House | Rhoon The Netherlands By JSA

Location:Rhoon

Client:mr and mrs van Zanden

Design:2000

Realisation:2003

Surface:60 sq m

Building costs:82.000 euro

The assignment involved designing an entrance porch, carport and garden house as an extension to a private villa in Rhoon.

The original house, a two-storey building with a flat roof, dates back to 1964. Designed by Jan Hoogstad and erected using a clear concrete skeleton and brick structure, it had been extensively renovated and expanded in the nineties. In order to avoid the new additions creating a second ‘annual ring’, the new work has been ‘erected’ as little as possible but rather suspended as seemingly weightless objects.

The cantilever of the relatively large, wide area is made possible through the use of 5000 kg steel in the roof, secured to the existing concrete skeleton of the house using chemical joints. On the side where it is suspended the steel construction is clad with translucent glass, both above and below. The closed parts below are covered by teak wooden cladding with a rubber striping; a finish that is normally used on the deck of boats.....more