A young family asked for modest and simple house situated in new urban part of small town Dačice, Czech republic. First challenge was to deal with a steep plot terrain. Second to provide enough privacy. Continue reading ertepl
Vincent van Gogh had a great love for the Brabant landscape, as can be seen in many of his paintings. Over a century after he left his native Dutch province, this landscape is now under pressure. The number of floods is increasing while farmers, cities, industry, and nature lovers are fighting over the available space. Given the complications of the Dutch nitrogen crisis, permit applications for projects in Natura 2000 protected areas have come to a standstill. How can Brabant find the balance between idyll and progress? Continue reading MVRDV
ampe.trybou architecten . photos: © Dennis De Smet
Facility with residential functions for people with a visual impairment.
In an orthogonal plan structure, 3 living groups are organized around a collective and public square with the character of a small-scale village square. It is the beating heart of the project and the meeting place for the residents and the neighbourhood. Continue reading AMPE.TRYBOU ARCHITECTEN
Arnau estudi d’arquitectura . photos: © Marc Torra_fragments.cat . + archdaily
Pitas, pitas, pitas… nos llamó el paisaje de nuestra infancia. Y nos acercamos a ese gallinero despedazado. Y él nos ofreció un corzo que nos observaba, un pito real escurridizo y unos campesinos que nos regalaban calabacines y cebollas. Y llegó la niebla de las mañanas de invierno, y la escarcha. El agua corría por las acequias y cogíamos los nísperos del árbol. Y ya no podíamos irnos. Porque queríamos ser parte de ese paisaje, sin hacer ruido, con los ojos abiertos y el espíritu gozoso. Continue reading Arnau estudi
McLaren.Excell . photos: © Simone Bossi
The existing house was tired, narrow, lacking in natural light and a sense of space. We developed a scheme to bring light down from the large ground floor window in to the previously dark lower ground floor with a large glass sliding door system to connect to the rear garden. Continue reading McLaren.Excell
