Project Name
House of RolfPosted in
Residential, WorkspaceLocation
Design Studio
Studio Rolf.frCompleted
2016Detailed Information | |||||
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Project Name | House of Rolf | Posted in | Residential, Workspace | Location |
Utrecht
Netherlands |
Design Studio | Studio Rolf.fr | Completed | 2016 |
Thanks to the building materials’ origins, the house contains singular features ensuring it's a one-of-a-kind home. This includes a solid partition wall that is constructed out of wooden trusses and purlins and a wall which is crafted out of old radiators. To note, the entire structure was built with the aid of a scale model, its design adapting as the build progressed.
The layout itself is beautifully geometric. The 5.5 meter tall ceiling of the brick coach house is supported by five wooden trusses which separate the roof into six equal bays, or three zones. The first zone has been left bare to welcome entrants. The second zone houses the self-supporting, glass-panned main house in the center of the coach house shell, comprised of the sun-drenched kitchen, toilet and technical room on the ground floor and a shower room, bedroom, walk-in closet and office with open bath (like a bird's nest!) on the first floor. The first floor of the house continues into the third zone; this time the living spaces are connected to the coach house walls in a wooden room "floating" underneath the ceiling and accessed by an elevated corridor along the coach house's far wall. Beneath this a large, sunlit window has been cut into the coach house wall -- the only major change to the coach house itself.
The sparse furnishings follow the same design principles and were created by Dutch designers, such as Tejo Remy & Rene Veenhuizen’s amoeba-like and colorful, "Accidental Carpet," which was produced from old blankets, and Dirk van der Kooij’s "Rocking Chair" which was crafted from old CD covers. A really special item is the layered wood dining table which Rolf designed; part of a series of commissioned tables, it has been created through the use of materials collected from old houses that are torn down or remodeled into new ones. Essentially, it exemplifies the ethos and originality of "House of Rolf" which is a link to the past, while looking to the future, resulting in the manifestation of a brand new, creative vision.