This void is placed in the centre of the house. All the other rooms are accommodated around this void. The kitchen and dining room on the first floor like Modern Villa Design Picture above are spatially connected with the living room on the second floor by the void. Looking trough the living room window, a beautiful view at the surrounding pastures is provided. By taking away pieces of a geometric mass, a sculptural volume existed. This way a carport, roof garden and an inside terrace are created.The facade of the house such Modern Villa Design Picture availbale is composed of a dark brick with a rough surface. This way the view of the front is different every time, depending on the weather and the position to the house.

This Modern Villa follows the linear structure of the landscape. The black zinc of the outer walls is applied in long, horizontal strips with folded seams. Due to the sheen and somewhat uneven finish of the material, the house reacts in a subtle way to the colours of the Dutch sky. Thanks to the dark, subdued colour, the house blends in with the landscape more than the big farmhouses with their orange roofs.The rooms of the house, with their large windows, are oriented towards the surrounding area. Each room has a strong focus on one of the points of the compass. Only the kitchen has a multiple orientation and functions as the central hub of the house. All the rooms are accessible from this central space, some of them via open staircases.

Architects: Kotaro Ide / ARTechnic architects
Location: Kitasaku, Nagano, Japan
Assistants: Moriyuki Fujihara, Ruri Mitsuyasu, Takashi Mototani (former member), Kenyu Fujii
Collaborator: Manami Ide (designer of customized metal work)
Structural Engineer: Naomi Kitayama / NAO
Mechanical engineer: Hiroshi Nakayama / TNA
Electrical Engineer: Jyunetsu Satou / EPS
Contractor: Kenji Kusunoki / GIKAKU
Site Area: 1,711 sqm
Constructed Area: 329 sqm
Construction year: 2008
Photographs: Nacasa & [...]

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