Holiday Home 't Kaapse Duin

To anchor the house in the dune landscape, the decision was made to build part of it underground. This way, the house has contact with its surroundings at different levels and maintains a modest volume above ground. The basement extends partially beneath the house to provide the spaces with abundant natural light. On top of this sits a fully wooden house with living spaces on the ground floor, from which you can step out onto the surrounding terraces in all directions. Through the positioning of the roof windows and facade openings, you never lose sight of the surrounding dune landscape from anywhere in the house.

Thanks to high-quality insulation, solar panels, and a heat pump with geothermal energy, the house is gas-free and virtually energy-neutral. The facade is clad with modified frake wood in a boards-and-battens rhythm, a pattern that is repeated in the formwork of the concrete basement walls, so that both materials share the same proportions.

The project was realized for a private client, with Hofstra Bouw as contractor and ABT / W2n Engineers as structural advisor, and was completed in 2024 with a gross floor area of approximately 180 square meters.