The Red Dune House
Three volumes, red timber, the Belgian dunes.
One of a kindThe planning rule became the concept.
A red-stained timber house near the Belgian coast, split into three volumes by the dunes around it, designed by an architect for his own family.
When the municipality wouldn't allow one large volume, the constraint became the concept: three connected timber houses, stained Swedish red, sitting in a transplanted dune garden a few steps from the sea.
Designed by Silo Architectuur for the architect's own family, it's a house built from a limitation, exactly the kind of story we love.
Constraint
How a municipal rule became the idea that shaped the whole house.
Material
Swedish-red stained timber, a concrete base, a rain chain for a downpipe.
Dune garden
A coastal landscape transplanted from the family's previous home.
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