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Merry-Go-Round by Bureau Ira Koers
Amsterdam studio Bureau Ira Koers have completed a holiday home on the edge of Dwingeloose Heide (Dutch heath) in the Netherlands.
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Called Merry-Go-Round, the house has narrow floor-to ceiling windows on all sides, which can be covered with shutters.
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The interior is divided into eight rooms, connected by a passageway around the edge that opens up to the surroundings.
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The project was commissioned by Stichting Arthouses.
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Here's some more information from Bureau Ira Koers:
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Merry-Go-Round
Although ideas about recreation and the design of the landscape have changed over the years, the typology of the holiday cottage has hardly altered at all.
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Ever since the recreational outing of several days or more came into vogue in the sixties, we have seen the same mini-version of the standard home.
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Whereas the confined space of a boat or caravan has led to clever design solutions, the country cottage has never developed an identity of its own.
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The design of the Merry-Go-Round gives new meaning to the holiday cottage by taking the traditional floor plan with its rooms opening onto a central hallway and turning it inside out.
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The rooms are replaced by eight open alcoves in which furniture, colour, light, material, lines of sight and views of the outdoor surroundings are bundled into one compact, fixed interior.
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The alcoves are connected by a corridor that runs all around the perimeter of the dwelling and opens onto the landscape.
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By adjusting the façade, which is comprised of shutters, the vacationing residents of the Merry-Go-Round can determine the view and their privacy themselves.
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Merry-Go-Round is one of the five realized Arthouses and is located on the edge the famous Dutch heath (Dwingeloose Heide).
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Initiated and commissioned by the foundation Arthouses it is the realization of permanent ArtHouses intended for holiday tourism.
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The Dutch Province Drenthe has to apply the LEADER initiative to integrate arts and recreation in the Dutch landscapes.
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Project: Rentable holiday home on the Dutch heath
Client: Stichting Arthouses
Location: Bungalowpark Lanka, Anholt 11, Ruinen, The Netherlands
Design: Bureau Ira Koers
Contractor: Bouwbedrijf Geerts
Engineers: Kr8 architecten
Design: April 2005 - January 2008
Construction: February 2008 - August 2009
Volume: 55 m2 / 143 m3
Costs: 100.000 euro
Photographs: Bureau Ira Koers
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