Article source: Wenink \ Holtkamp Architects

The inspiration for the design of the barnhouse developed largely through analyses of the rural context of the site. The building plot is located approximately 30 meters from the main road. This results in the house being part of the backside area of the site, surrounded mainly by sheds and barns amidst a wide open landscape, and not the traditional ribbon development adjacent to the road. The barn house relates directly to its surroundings in terms of color, shape and materialization.

The black wooden cladding is partly derived from the traditional wooden barns in the area, which are mostly clad in black wooden slats. The corrugated steel roof relates to the more recent barns, which are often fully clad with corrugated steel. The combination of these two materials, executed completely in black, makes the house stand out as a clear entity in the midst of the green landscape. The relationship with the archetypical barn also becomes apparent in the design of the sun blinds, which are based on the story high sliding doors seen in most traditional farmers barns.

Image Courtesy © Tim van de Velde

• Architects: Wenink \ Holtkamp Architects
• Project: Barnhouse V
• Location: Boxtel, The Netherlands
• Photography: Tim van de Velde
• Lead Architects: Wenink Holtkamp Architecten
  
• Other Participants
  
  • TNEA Engineering & Advies
  • Archimedes Bouwadvies
• Gross Built Area (square meters or square foot): Building plot 160m2
  
• Completion Year: Beginning 2019

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