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V12K0102 30 Running Metre of House

This is a project by Pasel.Künzel Architects and it is located at Leiden, Netherlands. Project's program: Private house. There are fifteen images for V12K0102 30 Running Metre of House.

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Project details

Project name: V12K0102 30 Running Metre of House
Location: Leiden, Netherlands
Program: Private house
Area: Project Size: 240 m2
Year: Project Year: 2008-2011
Project by: Pasel.Künzel Architects
Team: Team: R. Pasel, F. Künzel, F. Sack, H. Vollmuller, L. Pasel

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Designer's statement

With their V12K0102 residence pasel. kuenzel architects created a remarkable project on an almost triangular building plot, the remnant of an inner city housing block.

On a 30 metre long one-storey high base, two building volumes were placed on opposite side, one being the ‘children’s house’ and the other serving as the ‘house of the parents’. The two parts facing each other allow for visible eye contact, but are furthermore physically separated.

Collective spaces for living, dining and playing are situated on the ground floor, meandering around two intimate courtyards and establishing an immediate relation between ‘life inside and outside’, an oasis in the city.

Towards the city, the introvert house reveals his inner life by only two gigantic glass panes that also permit the characteristic Dutch light to reach deep into the museum like spaces.