Article source: Hilberink Bosch Architecten

Due to the demolition of several old sheds a unique plot became vacant in Oud-Empel. Oud-Empel is a small village situated along side embankment of the river Maas. The dike divides the village in two parts: the unsafe waterfront where the smaller labourers cottages are situated and a protected side with the large farms and small factories and where the notables lived. With respect to this historical setting four new volumes are scattered loosely on the protected location. The volumes make a characteristic historical composition of a farmyard with a large brick house with barns. But instead a agricultural function this barnyard has a residential function.

House (Image Courtesy René de Wit)

• Architects: Hilberink Bosch Architecten
• Project: Farmyard, 4 houses at Oud-Empel
• Location: Oud-Empel, The Netherlands
• Project Architect: Iggie Dekkers
• Start project: 2003
• Completion: 2006
• Project team: Geert Bosch, Annemariken Hilberink, Rolf van Boxmeer, Bas Lavrijssen
• Photographer: René de Wit, Breda

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