't Kulkje

A contemporary holiday home in the dune landscape of Vlieland, one of the Wadden islands in the North of The Netherlands.

The basement is hidden in the dune to minimize the impact on the surroundings. Above the basement, on ground floor level, the living room is situated. This level provides maximum transparency with a glass façade around. On top is a robust roof structure with a more closed character providing privacy and coziness to the bedrooms.

A special timber structure is used for the top: a folded roof. Constructed out of CLT and using the shape of the roof to span the width of the house. In fact the structure looks as a boat turned upside down. The CLT of the first floor is hung from the CLT roof panels, on which there is a transparent living floor and a robust hood that provides cosiness for the bedrooms. For the roof has been chosen for a special construction: a folding roof. Form and construction go hand in hand and with this type of construction, trusses can be omitted. This means a beautiful flat interior of the roof in wood that can be seen.