Villa in the Woods by Zecc Architects
Zecc Architects have completed a villa in the woods of Soest, The Netherlands.
Full description after the photos….
Photography by Cornbreadworks
Villa in the Woods by Zecc Architects
constructing period 2007-2009
On a wide constructing site in the woods of Soest (The Netherlands) a new villa has been built. An important theme while designing the house is the spatial connection between the three floors. From basement to the second floor a void has been planned. Standing at the front entrance a view over the void, directly into the garden, is provided. Functions as the toilet, wardrobe and closets are connected to this void. The parapet around the void continues smoothly into these functional spaces and make sure a sculptural link between the three floors is created.
Visit the website of Zecc Architects – here.
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AJ on 21 Oct 2009 at 2:29 pm #
Is it just me or does this look like a rendering?
F on 21 Oct 2009 at 3:46 pm #
me likey
Dave on 21 Oct 2009 at 5:17 pm #
These are real photos, not renderings.
Lance on 21 Oct 2009 at 5:44 pm #
Not feeling this one at all. The photography leaves much to be desired and I agree with AJ it looks “manipulated”. The home does not meld with it’s surroundings. It’s dominates them and is quite aggressive, regardless if they’re real. It definitely adds nothing to architecture or design… If it is real. The only placed it would really work is on a white sandy beach or high in the hills overlooking an ocean. Elsewhere… Not so much.
Aiban on 21 Oct 2009 at 7:55 pm #
personally, i don’t like to ‘clad’ stone on the first floor levels. Stone rises from the ground.
orhun on 21 Oct 2009 at 10:25 pm #
The client maybe owns the quarry.. Its a little too much stone really; it makes it hard to see beyond this aspect in the final product.
Rika on 22 Oct 2009 at 1:18 am #
I agree Aiban. The stone is too much. It looks like they did not know where to stop and just continued to the roof…
Coen on 22 Oct 2009 at 4:49 am #
I like it. It’s a rock in the woods. Washed clean by the rain.
Did you notice the ground level towards the basement?
About the pictures I agree being to clean. I bet these pictures are taking right after the acceptance! Nobody is living there at this moment that is probably why it is to clean.
rob on 22 Oct 2009 at 7:02 am #
the way this building meets the ground and embraces the space in the woods is a disgrace – crude and vulgar; wouldn’t even bother to talk about the building itself
chip on 22 Oct 2009 at 7:53 am #
It is probably real, but the way they are using the stone really resembles the artificial stone veneers you see everywhere. Check out Coronado’s ledgestones and it looks exactly the same.
If it is real stone, I don’t know you’d make such an effort to emulate something that would look so synthetic.
Carl on 22 Oct 2009 at 8:05 am #
It’s been said before on here, but many of the homes/buildings are photograghed soon after completion and have not had the opportunity to grow into it’s environment… Villa in the Woods is another good example.
stephanie on 22 Oct 2009 at 10:07 am #
This is a beautiful design
Eamonn on 22 Oct 2009 at 1:52 pm #
I love it. I’ve seen use of slate and stone like this in rural places in Ireland and it really works. I love it
Callum on 23 Oct 2009 at 2:54 am #
I think covering the entire building in stacked stone is far too overpowering, and the contrast between the dark stone and brown timber just doesnt work. Maybe if a much lighter, beech coloured timber was used it would blend much better.
Rudy on 23 Oct 2009 at 3:37 am #
chip, hold on, I don’t get it.
You say, the stone looks like some artificial stone veneer that tries to emulate real stone.
Do you keep up this philosophy when you see real wood and compare it to printed veneer?
Or should every pattern that has been emulated avoided, when using the real thing?
v.shirazawa on 23 Oct 2009 at 7:16 am #
i hope it doesn’t rain much at that site… looks like a small pond could form in the garage & living room… Personally, I find the grey stone & light timber to unexpectedly compliment the other via complete contrast. Though I probably would’ve chosen a “whiter” wood.
Adam Crain on 23 Oct 2009 at 5:58 pm #
They are most likely HDR photos.
chip on 25 Oct 2009 at 6:48 pm #
Rudy:
I’m just not a fan of the result they have.
I don’t really have a philosophy towards synthetic or real materials, and if a material is used to it’s strength organically or contrasted, I just don’t think it looks good here.
The size and layout of the stone is something I’m familiar seeing on fireplaces or in showers, or behind foundation plantings in new tract mansions in america.
I think if it was a complementary element it would look fine, but the overbearing use of it is just too much (especially in the “thin areas” like overhangs), even if that is what makes it remarkable.
colleen on 19 Nov 2009 at 9:13 am #
I love it. I think it needed more glass and less stone but otherwise it’s beautiful!!!
rondav on 19 Nov 2009 at 11:17 am #
at first blush- this is a really nice house… very modern with a sensual touch (texture.)
building composition is beautiful and fairly rigorous…
however, what is everyone’s take on the stone (obviously in a ‘stacked’ method) and clearly hanging out over nothing- unsupported… folly or flaw?
conversely, i love the texture comprising this modern composition, but the fact that this stackable material is unsupported is not making me smile (like i get some inside joke)- it makes me wonder what questioning | editing the designers went thru to determine this material?!
am i making more out of this (otherwise) really nice home?