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Villa Bussum by GROUP A
Rotterdam studio GROUP A have completed a private residence cantilevered over a sloping driveway in Bussum, the Netherlands.
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This slope connects the front and back gardens, and provides a direct entrance to the basement level.
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Called Villa Bussum, the project features a 15 metre-wide window overlooking the rear garden and a distorted, pitched roof.
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More about GROUP A on Dezeen: Blok 1 tower block (September 2009)
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Photographs are by Scagliola/Brakkee.
Here's some information from the architects:
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This private residence, completed in June 2009, is situated in a lush, leafy neighbourhood in Bussum, a small town near Amsterdam.
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The neighbourhood is known for its 19th century villas, designed in a vast array of revivalist styles.
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The design for the villa by GROUP A appears both modern and sculptural, and interacts in a natural way with its surroundings.
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By using slanting walls and roofs the abstract building volume feels comfortably embedded in the landscape.
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At the same time, the villa's sculptural character ensures that it fits in with the neighbourhood's monumental, sometimes even frivolous 19th century villas.
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The villa's building type evolved from a simple rectangular volume, with a rotated pitched roof.
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Subsequently, segments were cut from this volume in order to create windows, terraces, balconies and entrances.
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A cut-out corner facing the street in front of the house clearly indicates the main entrance.
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On the eastern side of the villa, a secluded garden and a second entrance can be found.
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A comfortable porch and a 15 meter wide panorama window face the garden at the back of the house, and double up as a transition between the villa and the garden.
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Both gardens in front and at the back of the house are linked to each other by a sloping path.
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This descending path extends itself to underneath the cantilevering villa, thereby providing access for the basement floor.
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Thus, the villa appears to be floating on air.
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Location: Bussum
Start project: December 2005
Complete project: June 2009
Dimensions: 280m2
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