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The location, in fact the back yard of the former vicarage, asks for a careful fitting in of the location of the house. The most important elements in this situation are formed by the municipal monument of the vicarage, the present trees and the slanting framing of the road situated by the Julianalaan in Laag-Keppel, the Netherlands.
The new volume is placed in consideration with the existing housing of the Julianalaan, as a result of which it comes to stand on sufficiently distance of the old vicarage; the sober material used for the new building remains also hierarchical subordinate to the vicarage.
The strict, elongated volume with traditional roof, the material (mainly wood), the colour (brown shade of black) and the presence of large trees around the building will be in an important degree determinative for the character of the building.
The basement (sous-terrain) has partly been arranged as a storage space and as a guest stay. The first floor contains the different living spaces, where a strict zoning has been carried out. The bathroom, entry, toilet, staircase, kitchen and scullery have been consequentially situated on the North side. The four living and working spaces lie on the sunny side of the house. This floor can be reached from the entry of the basement, as well as by the front door on the street side (crossing a 10 meters long bridge) and from the garden by the wooden veranda which is situated along the whole south-elavation.