BIG HOUSE

This project combines two houses into one big house. The concept of the new ‘Veemarktterrein’ neighbourhood in Utrecht promotes maximum diversity per individual house. By combining two lots to create an extra wide double house we precisely addressed this aim of specificity: one ‘Goliath’ between a row of individual ‘Davids’. The 14 meter wide facade of the house is essentially a stack of four transparent storeys that are solely divided by five 60 centimetre high steel beams. These articulated white beams enclose the external luxaflex blinds, the ventilation openings and the upper window frames.  They are the house’s most prominent feature. The simplicity of the architectural articulation stretching over both lots certify a strong presence among the facades on the former Veemarktterrain.