House Koens Jan Luis Curacao
Location
It is located in an area of low density in a nature reserve of Jan Luis near the ostrich farm. An old building was located on the plot and due to the reserve only the same volume was accepted after demolition. The dimensions were restricted to 13.6m x 11.75m.
Concept
Responding to the request from the owners the buiding should be in connecting to the history of Curacao, the famous “Landhuis”, but in a contemporary design en in total independence. The geometry is characterized by a strong essentiality which refers to the landhuis .In order to create continuity between nature and construction, including exterior and interior concrete extends throughout the plant, continuing beyond the windows. They are strong connections between the closed and open space between the white and light, between the built and natural data.
Spaces
In plan, the house forms three units:
The first floor containing the children bedrooms and bathroom, the sitting-tv room and stairs which connect through a vide with the upper livingroom.
The sec ond floor with two units, the living area with porche and pool in an inside- outside relation and the masterbedroom with wic and bathroom.
Everywhere the cool passat wind can enter the house through shutters, even from the first floor to the second floor via the vide. In the vide there is a shutter high 6m with hall connecting the left side to the right side of the house dividing the first floor in two.
architect jan de vos
curacao
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