Architect’s Statement: The house is situated on the Delftweg in Rijswijk and is part of a row of six houses. The houses make a characteristic ensemble, dating from around 1900 in the (for that time) popular cottage style. In spite of some small changes, the front-facade of the ensemble is still pretty much in original state. The back-facade however is cluttered by small sheds and one story extensions on the ground floor. All different in form and materialisation.
By literally stretching the house by (just) 2 meters, we could make two average sized children’s rooms on the first floor. And by doing that we created enough space on the ground floor to make a comfortable dinner room with kitchen.
We left the facade as it was, with its characteristic 1900th features. But instead of several small windows, we made one big window separated into four parts by a cross shaped wooden frame. Every part of the window opens a different living area: on the first floor the two sleeping rooms, on the ground floor the kitchen and the dinner room.
Project Details:
Location: Delftweg Rijswijk, The Netherlands
Type: Residential – Houses
Architects: Ruud Visser Architecten
Project Architects: Ruud Visser and Fumi Hoshino
Photographs: René de Wit
