Architectural vision
The design originates from a clear intent: to create a home that opens itself to the surrounding woodland while offering the resident a strong sense of privacy. A closed street façade and a garden wall define the boundary toward the public realm, while the interior unfolds as an open plan in which spaces intersect and complement one another.
Each area within the house is given its own orientation, a complementary outdoor space, or a carefully framed view. This variation in perspective defines how the house is experienced and how it relates to its environment.
A continuous spatial sequence
Dierckxsens approaches the boundary between interior and exterior as a continuous line. Materials extend seamlessly across floors and walls, eliminating abrupt transitions. The architectural volumes shape outdoor spaces with distinct qualities in terms of scale, orientation and light.
This continuity of material and rhythm strengthens the connection with the landscape and allows the changing seasons to become part of daily life within the home.
Material continuity as a structural principle
The choice of the custom color for both façade and wall cladding goes beyond colour and contrast. The vertical rhythm of the wood organises the volumes and makes the architectural decisions legible. By extending this material from the exterior into the interior, a spatial continuity emerges that supports the architecture both visually and conceptually.
Wood defining scale and rhythm
Wood becomes a structural thread throughout the project: a framework that opens perspectives, draws the seasons inside and gives clarity to movement through the house.
Dierckxsens applies wood across multiple layers of the project — façade, flooring and bespoke joinery — each with a specific intention. The façade cladding sets the rhythm of the volumes, the parquet floor (Collection London) establishes continuity within the interior, and the custom joinery anchors functions within the plan. Through these choices, wood brings calm to the material palette and gives each space a clear place within the overall composition.
