Description
The suburban ideal is not a popular preoccupation among architects, who prefer the romantic notion of the dense bustling city or the ‘in touch with nature’ of true countryside. We are of course generalising somewhat but the tendency is clear. Depending on the ‘architecture’ the plan could be made to seem urban or suburban. Here we have positively chosen to enjoy the suburban ideal and to accept architectural dilemmas it entails. The project presents the house as a familiar image constructed from familiar materials. The rural collective space becomes the organising principle were houses and outbuildings such as garages and stores are arranged in short terraces around semi-private yard-like spaces that in turn lead onto an informal garden.
People
Architect
Civil Engineer
Client
Owner
Time & Place
Status
built
Date
01/01/2001
Address
Langerak, Utrecht, Niederlande
Specifications
Floors
Floors: 3
Height
Height: 9
Staircases
Units per Staircase
Units per Floor
Units
Unit Area
Plot Area
Floor Area Typical
Area Total
Podium Area
Courtyard Area
Ground floor Area
Residents
Parking Spaces
Taxonomy
Organisation
Material
Structure
Usage
Housing
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