Cross House
Type: Dwelling Location: Enschede Team: Bart Reuser, Marijn Schenk, Michel Schreinemachers, John van de Water Floor area / size: 200 sqm Status: Competition
This competition entry for a town house presents a residence with unprecedented spatial contrasts. The combination of a belle etage with cascading stairs results in a cross shape that forms the centre of the house.
The cross functions as a spatial, functional and organizational foundation. It carries the daylight onto the heart of the residence – usually the darkest part of the house. Several private rooms for personal use, such as studies, bedrooms, a bathroom and a roof garden, have been arranged around the cross.
The façade is an important part of this house as the contrast between open and closed is expressed optimally in the materials: glass for the open belle etage and a dark brick front for the private rooms.
