继Piet Hein Eek于2005年在Epse附近的森林中设计的度假屋之后，一个家庭找到了我们，他们也在同一片林地中购买了一块几百米远的土地。在这个超级美丽的地方，在树林中间的成熟树木之间，有两座古老的度假屋，中间有一个车库连接。这座修长的建筑南面有一个空地，维修状况很差，完全不符合现代生活要求。
Following the holiday home that Piet Hein Eek designed in 2005 in the forest near Epse, we were approached by a family who has also purchased a plot of land a few hundred metres further in the same woodland. In this super beautiful place, in the middle of the woods in between the mature trees, are two old holiday homes linked by a garage in between. The elongated building with an open space on the south facade was in a poor state of repair and in no way met modern living requirements.
然而，与太阳有关的位置和可以看到森林的开放空间有一种你只能梦想的品质。我们的任务是尽可能简单地使这个小房子的建筑结构合理，并把它变成整个家庭的一个美妙的度假地点。拉长的空间造成了一个问题，因为后方的立面朝向道路（黑暗的一面），几乎没有视野。我们想把尽可能多的卧室安置在这一侧，以便在另一侧创造生活空间。
However, the position in relation to the sun and the open space with a view of the forest has a quality you can only dream of. Our task was to make the little house architecturally sound as simply as possible and to turn it into a wonderful holiday location for the whole family. The elongation created a problem as the rear façade faces the road (the dark side) and has almost no view. We wanted to situate as many bedrooms as possible on this side in order to create the living spaces on the other side.
这一决定最终导致了一个明显的解决方案；将狭窄的建筑纵向划分为两个部分。生活区有一个经典的布局，分为三个部分：厨房、餐桌和休息区。然而，在这种情况下，布局是开放和拉长的，厨房在中间，两侧是其他两个区域。因此，厨房的位置正好在中心，在两座老房子之间原来的车库的位置。在夏天，当在外面用餐时，这种布局可以变得更好，因为这时桌子可以放在外面，与厨房成直角。
This decision ultimately led to an obvious solution; to divide the narrow building lengthwise into two sections. The living area has a classical layout in three parts: the kitchen, the dining table and the lounge area. In this case, however, the layout is open and elongated with the kitchen in the middle, flanked by the other two areas. So the kitchen is positioned exactly in the centre, in the place of the original garage between the two old houses. In the summer, when dining outside, the layout can become even better as the table can then be placed outside, at right angles to the kitchen.
为了给厨房创造足够的空间，它背靠着浴室，浴室可以比卧室更窄。从左到右的轴线不仅对创造一个开放的生活空间在阳光下、卧室在阴暗面的布局很重要，而且它还促使我们在建筑的屋顶上增加一个顶点，为卧室增加足够的高度，以及在整个建筑的长度上增加窗户、光线和空气。
In order to create sufficient space for the kitchen, it is backed onto the bathrooms, which can be narrower than the bedrooms. The axis from left to right was not only important for creating a layout with the open living space on the sunny side and bedrooms on the shady side, but it also led us to add an apex to the roof of the building, which adds sufficient height to the bedrooms, as well as windows, light and air over the full length of the building.
屋顶的这种新的解决方案是可能的，因为它原来的状态很差，无论如何都需要被替换。有特色的带门窗的老石墙，即购买房屋的最初原因，仍然保留。美丽的新布局尊重了现有的元素，特别是建筑与周围环境的关系，并实现了一个从房屋最初的限制中发展出来的屋顶解决方案。
This new solution for the roof was possible as it was originally in such a poor state that it needed to be replaced anyway. The characteristic old stone walls with windows and doors, the original reasons for purchasing the houses, remain. The beautiful new layout respects the existing elements, especially how the building was built in relation to its surroundings, and realises a roofing solution that developed from the limitations that the houses originally presented.
Architects : Eek en Dekkers
Year : 2018
Photographs :Thomas Mayer
Manufacturers : Unilin, Leeuwerik
Lead Architect : Iggie Dekkers
Contractor : Hanzebouw BV
Constructor : JV2 bouwadvies
City : Epse
Country : The Netherlands