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Entwurf • Design AMUNT Martenson, Luc Merx, Aachen
Bauherr • Client Mireille und Tim Merx, NL-Venray
Standort • Location NL-Venray
Nutzfläche • Floor space 217 m 2
Fotos • Photos Filip Dujardin, BE-Gent
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 126

HOUSE BOERDERETTE

IN VENRAY

After two decades of influx into large cities, recently the
opposite trend towards suburbanization has started.
Near Venray, the architect Björn Martenson from AMUNT
designed with Luc Merx a new country home in timber-
frame construction. A section of a field was turned into a
place of contrasts between technology and idyll and com-
6 7 2 4 5 6 5 munication between a living- and a garden landscape.

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T he basis for the repurposing of a field oversaturated with pestici-
des was an ecological revitalization of the site. The garden- and
residence concept was thereby seen as a unit striving for an individual
solution with high architectural quality located somewhere between
romanticized country living, engineered agriculture, traditional resi-
1 Garage • Garage
2 Ankommen • Entrance dential typologies and contemporary living standards. When looking
3 Kochbereich • Kitchen at the new building with its volume and envelope design, at first the
4 Wohn-/Essbereich • Living and dining
5 Kinderzimmer • Children's room Electa Pavilion by James Stirling and completed in 1991 comes to mind
6 Bad • Bathroom
7 Technik • Technical room as a source of inspiration. The designers actually oriented themselves,
8 Galerie • Gallery however, above all on the locally widespread long-roofed farmhouses
9 Elternschlafzimmer • Master bedroom
10Schlafhochebene • Sleeping loft whereas the working title of the project – Boerderette – refers to pictu-
Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan resque houses in the style of English country homes. As to the mate-
rials, however, the new building invokes sober, agricultural buildings
such as silos and barns and thus visually deconstructs the idyllic cli-
ché. As a timber-frame construction, the elongated building sits
slightly elevated on a concrete base plate. With a building depth of
8 6 10 merely 6.5 metres and large-format windows, the living room gene-
rously opens to the scenery so that living with the seasons is part of
9 10 10 the concept. The individual areas of use are here arranged one behind
the other and accessed from room to room in the classic style of an
enfilade. The sequence of the use areas looks particularly effective
Grundriss Obergeschoss • Upper floor plan due to the different room heights and the alternation of white and
green surface which produces a strong rhythm of the zones: In some
places open all to the way to below the roof ridge, brightly designed
and thus spacious; in other areas low and pleasantly secluded due to
the partially built-in upper level for the parental refuge and the slee-
8 9 10 10 ping lofts of the children. The attic level has furthermore been plan-
ned to be intimate thanks to sparingly installed roof windows with a
view into the sky. In accordance with the wish of the client family, the
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differently designed room qualities rich in contrasts thus result in a
residential structure that enables a colourful family life in harmony
Schnitt • Section with nature as well as retreats for all the family members.

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