This house may look like a simple farm house, but if you take a closer look you’ll realize that this building is actually a glass house developed In Schijndel in market square. The market square was heavily damaged during WWII which left a gap between the town all and main street. Over 20 years, Winy Maas proposed a total of six designs which were shot down by the town. Finally his 7th proposal- a retail and office project was accepted. The main reason the project was finally accepted was because it referenced the traditional farmhouses from the area. The Glass Farmhouse project takes up the same area as a traditional Schijndel farm meaning the house itself is oversized.
The architects at MVRDV worked together with Frank van der Salm to photograph the remaining farms and average them together to create a custom “stereotypical” farmhouse. The morphed image was printed on glass using fritting technology to create the building. The design is a reflection on how the town has grown up over the years.
Maaswanted the design to envoke a sense of nostalgia as adults remember how big everything seemed when they were smaller.
The Glass Farm is also economically friendly. The glass allows daylight into the interior which minimizes heat gain and at night, workspace needs to be lit, the lights also shine through the form to show off the printed farmhouse façade.
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