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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Atlas House in Eindhoven, The Netherlands by MONADNOCKApril 13th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MONADNOCK The Atlas House is situated on the edge of the city of Eindhoven, opposite a historic rural estate. The compact square building manifests itself as a tower. It is rotated 45 degrees relative to the street and is detached from the boundaries of the plot. All windows are grouped around the corners and at times allow for diagonal views through the volume. Internally, the rotation provides striking vistas along the edges of the forest. The depth of the façade openings reveals that the size and colour of the bricks is the same both inside and outside. These define the character of the raw and restrained interior. The external facades offer no clues about the playful offsets of the internal spaces. The interior reveals a collection of rooms of various heights and floor levels, each giving their respective window openings specific characteristics.  Image Courtesy © Stijn Bollaert
 Image Courtesy © Stijn Bollaert On this modest plot size, a spacious residence had to be combined with the clients wish for a garden. Therefore, the footprint of the house is minimized within the given building height, resulting in a vertically organized program. Due to the proximity of the houses in the neighbourhood, the amount of privacy in the garden is limited. Hence, the tower-like structure offers a roof terrace with maximum privacy where one can dwell between the treetops.  Image Courtesy © Stijn Bollaert  Image Courtesy © Stijn Bollaert The Atlas House is built with large types of red bricks, both inside and outside. For the facades, a striking brushed form of pointing is used, creating a strong graphical pattern. Across the volume, the facades contain decorations that refer to the Dutch Neo-Renaissance tradition of enriching ordinary brickwork with plaster, suggesting architectural elements like keystones and tympans. The upper part of the building is finished with a light-colored layer of cement, distinguishing the classical plinth from the more lightweight top. The slightly lifted corners of the roof further emphasize this theme, bringing Atlas to mind, the Greek mythological figure that carries the sky on his shoulders for eternity.  Image Courtesy © Stijn Bollaert  Image Courtesy © Stijn Bollaert About Monadnock Monadnock is a Rotterdam based architecture practice, active in designing, researching, writing and contributing to the discourse within the field of architecture, urbanism, interior and staging. This includes the space of the city, the street and the interior. Monadnock works on contemporary buildings, consciously embedding architecture in the cultural production of our generation by examining themes such as the contemporary & the tradition, convention & banality and constructive logic & illusionary representation. Intrigued by the use of historical precedents as well as contemporary visual culture, craftmanship & technology and seeking interaction with other disciplines. The practice aims for an architecture that combines beauty, efficiency and the transfer of architectural knowledge.  Image Courtesy © Stijn Bollaert Monadnock is internationally known for realizing tailor-made contemporary buildings, among which are a considerable number of public buildings. Such as a beach pavilion on the River Maas and the huge installation ‘Make No Little Plans’. The Landmark building for Nieuw Bergen was shortlisted for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2017. Currently, Monadnock is involved in the design process of a new visitors’ centre for the Dutch National Park ‘Hoge Veluwe’, exhibitions and several housing projects.  Image Courtesy © Stijn Bollaert  Image Courtesy © Stijn Bollaert  Image Courtesy © MONADNOCK  Image Courtesy © MONADNOCK  Image Courtesy © MONADNOCK  Image Courtesy © MONADNOCK  Image Courtesy © MONADNOCK  Image Courtesy © MONADNOCK  Image Courtesy © MONADNOCK
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