Eelde Barnhouse
The Netherlands, 2006. Schuurhuis Eelde. Award winning barn-house: a remarkable house in a barn.
Situation
Private family is looking to rebuild a farmhouse on a country site in the north of Holland.
Target
Create a contemporary house that reflects the history and characteristics of the site, without disturbing natural landscape elements.
Action
Reinterpretation of a classic barn that now contains people and cars in stead of cows and horses, carefully implemented in historic landscape.
Result
Revitalization of historic country site made possible without changing its main characteristics.
Did you know?
This house was awarded with the Drenthe Architecture Prize 2007 and was nominated for both the prestigious Dutch Steel Award and the Dutch Architects Building of the Year Award.
