Description
The Twenty-First Century Manor House
Loenen – An ambitious project like the polder landscape of the Netherlands requires two crucial qualities: one is a strong governing body, the second an entrenched practice of cooperation and negotiation. These two characteristics are the foundation of the Dutch ‘polder model’ of consensus-decision making between unions, employers and goverment that delivered the Dutch economic boom of the 1990s. The polder-like mentality of Dutch society translates easily into architecture, because a building is never the result of a singular will. Instead, it is the product of a dynamic dialogue between the architect and the client, the engineer, and society at large.
This proved particularly true during the design of the Vrederijk Estate, ‘peaceful realm’ in Dutch.
People
Architect
Civil Engineer
Client
Groenink Family
Owner
Time & Place
Status
built
Date
01/01/2004
Address
Oud Over 4, 3632 VD Loenen aan de Vecht, Niederlande
Specifications
Floors
Floors: 4
Height
Height: 25
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
Single Family
Material
Brick, Reinforced concrete, Steel, Wood
Structure
reinforced concrete bearing walls, solid, wooden frame
Usage
Housing
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