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| The A House by Wiel Arets Architects |
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| The A House by Wiel Arets Architects |
The A House by Wiel Arets Architects
is currently under construction and expected to be finished by 2012, is a leading private single family residence located at the corner of the neighborhood is centrally located, compact and low-rise housing project Nishiazabu.
The volume of the house uses the footprint of the maximum allowed, the effective surface area of the site is quite small compared to European standards.
Given this small space, inner rooms is equipped with powerful relate its surroundings benefiting from strong prospects two sides along two street adjacent. The proximity of the walls requires immediate neighbors-off with a high degree, to ensure privacy when needed. A roof terrace and windows big you can closed by firing of glass second sliding embracing these two opposite conditions. When the elevation of the house is closed, the house appears as a homogeneous sculpture. From dusk to dawn, the light behind the windows reinstate the sculpture in the urban fabric in the range of a single-family house.The staircase, located in the darkest corner of the plot, connects the functions of the house stacked with the individual rooms in the base and top, which, together, the sandwich over two levels of general use.
A threshold thin along the ground floor protects the dining areas of close contact with the street and at the same time provides the basement with natural light and natural air. The storage and service areas were below the size to allow generous space.
is currently under construction and expected to be finished by 2012, is a leading private single family residence located at the corner of the neighborhood is centrally located, compact and low-rise housing project Nishiazabu.The volume of the house uses the footprint of the maximum allowed, the effective surface area of the site is quite small compared to European standards.
Given this small space, inner rooms is equipped with powerful relate its surroundings benefiting from strong prospects two sides along two street adjacent. The proximity of the walls requires immediate neighbors-off with a high degree, to ensure privacy when needed. A roof terrace and windows big you can closed by firing of glass second sliding embracing these two opposite conditions. When the elevation of the house is closed, the house appears as a homogeneous sculpture. From dusk to dawn, the light behind the windows reinstate the sculpture in the urban fabric in the range of a single-family house.The staircase, located in the darkest corner of the plot, connects the functions of the house stacked with the individual rooms in the base and top, which, together, the sandwich over two levels of general use.
A threshold thin along the ground floor protects the dining areas of close contact with the street and at the same time provides the basement with natural light and natural air. The storage and service areas were below the size to allow generous space.
(born 6 May 1955) is a Dutch architect, theorist, urbanist and industrial designer from Limburg, near the borders of Belgium and Germany. After graduating from Eindhoven University in 1983 he established Wiel Arets Architects. In 1997 the studio was moved to a site on the edge of the city center of Maastricht, the Netherlands. 
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