This Dutch mountain house in Huizen, Netherlands has quite an exclusive feel to it, and its design is very unique, which is obviously catered to harsh climates.
Although located in a rural area, this Dutch mountain house was built on top of a historical agricultural plot covered with snow, pine trees, and hayfields. Since the clients didn't want to take out the natural terrain to make the home, the architects made an artficial hill for the house to set on. One side of the house is covered with the hill acting as a blanket, which keeps the home well insulated from the Netherlands' brutal temperatures.
"The spatial structure of the house is a rectangular 12 x 19 meter open space. Steel cross the entire 12 meter width allowing great flexibility to the interior arrangement," said ArchDaily. All the rooms are built with light wood structures, and they are not symmetrical. They are scattered across the house randomly, which allows the clients to easily add and remove rooms at their disposal.
ArchDaily also mentions that the Dutch mountain house also has two discintive atmospheric feels to it: "Either you are in a room, with a cave-like atmosphere, daylight coming to you through deep cuts in the mountain – or you are in the large open space in front of the stacked rooms." Parts of the house also open up into a massive glass facade, which makes the outdoors clearly visible. Basically, the whole house is one big experiment. When they built this, the architects had to make the concept, structure, material, and technical installations work with what the clients wanted.
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>> http://www.archdaily.com/213884/dutch-mountain-denieuwegeneratie/
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"well insulated from the Netherlands' brutal temperatures" LOL!!!!
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