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Villa van Lipzig by Loxodrome
Rough grey slate and red-stained wood panels infill a zig-zagging stone frame on the exterior of a house in Venlo, the Netherlands.
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Designed by Dutch architects Loxodrome, the house has four staggered storeys that align with the sloping landscape.
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Angled recesses in the facade createsheltered balconies outside the upper-ground-floor living room and the first-floor master bedroom.
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Two smaller bedrooms are also located on the first floor, while kitchen and dining rooms are at ground level and a garage slots into the basement.
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On the top floor of the house is a television room, which leads out to a roof terrace and hot tub.
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We've published lots of interesting Dutch houses on Dezeen in recent months, including a townhouse covered in tacked-on fabric and a family home with three faceted skylights - see all our stories about Dutch houses here.
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Here's a few more words from Loxodrome:
Villa van Lipzig
The site of Villa van Lipzig is a small, narrow plot located in a new development area called ‘Nieuw Stalberg´.
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Since the size of the site is quite small in regard to the volume of the villa, an extraordinary design concept was needed.
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By the introduction of a split-level system and a shift in the horizontal plain of the floor plans, we were able to introduce a highly dynamic system that takes full advantage of the program and it’s reciprocal effect with the site.
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The lowest two floors consist of the garage and basement facilities.
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The ground floor includes the large custom kitchen, a wardrobe and a small guest toilet.
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The façade of the kitchen is equipped with full-height sliding doors, which connect the room to the garden terrace.
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Up the stairs the living room follows with an open fireplace and full oak timber flooring.
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Full-height sliding doors give a stunning view over the sun terrace into the little forest on the other side of the plot. Three bedrooms follow on the higher levels as well as a TV room and another kitchen facility.
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The roof terrace is equipped with a Jacuzzi and a large freestanding BBQ.
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The pine tree next to the villa adds another uniqueness to the roof terrace as it provides a ‘connecting to ground’ feeling to the landscape above.
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The mixture of closed, narrow spaces and wide, fully glazed façades makes every view on every floor unique.
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The space in between the surrounding buildings is used in the most efficient way.
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From inside the villa you experience the view, not spoiled by the neighboring buildings, it opens into the beautiful wide landscape of the heath landscape.
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The cladding of the façade is made out of two materials: The larger surfaces are filled with rough natural Chinese grey slate stone in combination with maranti timber.
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These elements are framed by Belgian Blue stone bindings.
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Programme: Villa, 630 m2
Design: 2007 – 2008
Completion: 2011