by Esther Moreno Romero de Ávila

Manifesto of Re-Reading

Villa Bollen

> In collaboration with:Hilal Aksu, Murat Çoçkecen, Macu de la Vega Cartagena, Alicia Fernández Serrano, Alfonso Melero Beviá, Luis Ortiz Martínez, NataliePetricca and Jaclyn Squizzato.

> Under supervision of: > Under supervision of:Javier Sánchez Merina and Halldóra Arnardóttir.

Reading Stories of Houses. Criterion for selecting Villa Bollen

Photomontages focusing on concepts of Villa Bollen. Transformation into the 21st century.

Proposal. Technical drawing - a section of a detail.

Conversations between the members of the team. Evaluation/reflection on the teamwork/team effort.

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ActionsStory of Villa Bollen

> Villa Bollen in 1999.Exterior of the house. Previously constructed part.

Story Villa Bollen

It happened just over twenty years It happened just over twenty years ago, the Bollen family had a parcel of land near Eindhoven and knew exactly what they wanted: to follow the fashion then in Holland and to build a French-style country house. But, as time passed, the family grew ever more dissatisfied with the house ever more dissatisfied with the house and even took to sleeping outside in the open air. The Bollens realised that what they needed was not a “style” house, but a house that in-tensified their relationship with nature.

A “style” houseThe house that the Bollen family had built fulfilled every element of a French-style country house: the façade built in red-brick façade and the painted white, small-pane win-dows and garrets - all under a tiled roof. To prevent neighbours building an eyesore that would spoil this an eyesore that would spoil this desired composition, the family began buying lots adjoining their garden until, eventually, their land joined up with a nearby nature reserve. It was then that the Bollens hired a lands-cape designer to lay out the garden. He played on the different qualities of the grounds – such as a slight slope and sandy soil - and created several perspectives, alternating free and ordered plantings laid out in a fan, none of which formed an axis with the house. As the family started feeling almost claustrophobic in their feeling almost claustrophobic in their home, they found themselves spen-ding more and more time in nature - almost without realising.

one of which formed an axis with the house. As the family started

> The stories are narrated in the STORIES OF HOUSES blog.javier Sánchez Merina (PhD Architect)Halldóra Arnardóttir (Phd Art Historian)

> Further extension of house.Sense of freedom. Connecting with nature

> The sectret to building the extension to the Bollen House lay in One Architecture being able to reinterpret the Farnsworth House.

> At night, privacy is provided by curtains in strong colours that are designed by the artist Berend Strik. The fabric originated from Mr Bollen's own fabric factories in Asia.

> Pictures of Farnsworth House. It is raised above the groun

The Story of the Farnsworth House

Criteria for selecting the Villa Bollen for the project

reference and contributor to the new history of the Villa Bollen.

The Villa Bollen theme is chosen for its nature: how nature must be present in the lives of Bollen. Bollen family architecture requires a change to have an apparent contact with nature from inside the house, it requires an open

> Organizational diagram life in the house

Moebius House

> Photomontage relations and different actions Moebius House

Photomontages

> Photomontage Villa BollenNatalie Pettrica

> Photomontage Re-imagined connection to nature in the 21st century. Villa BollenAlfonso Melero Beviá

> Photomontage Bridging old and new, architecture and nature’Natalie Pettrica

> Photomonge Moebius HouseMacu de la Vega Cartagena

> Photomonge Mobius house24 hour family cycleLuis Ortiz Martínez

> Direct connection between people and nature.The family is together

> The collective montage is a compilation of ideas which arose during individual photomontages.Seeking fusion between the two houses.> Villa Bollen suggests the topic of time passing and the nature> Moebius House represents the community life and privacy

Rewrite the story

> Action -> Meeting with family and friends at home

> Action -> Working in the house.Diagram of the various positions that the body of a person sitting, adopted during a long workday.

> Action -> ride a bike around the house. The bike is used for communicating with nearby or simply relax from the stress of work.

> Action -> Meeting with family and friends at home

> Action -> Working in the house.Diagram of the various positions that the body of a person sitting, adopted during a long workday.

> Action -> ride a bike around the house. The bike is used for communicating with nearby or simply relax from the stress of work.

Actions. Drawing Group

Actions. Drawing in Group

Technical detail

60-90 days. Maximun height of the tulip. Planter placed lower.

30-60 days. Average height of the tulip. Planter placed halfaway up.

0-30 days. Minimun height of tulip. Planter placed higher up.

> Hilal, proposes a transformation in the bedroom. This is to transform several points to make the conditions inside and sleep more enjoyable it more enjoyable.

>The transformation created by Alfonso is a solar control system in the working area. Lighting Controls by varying its opacity tissues

Technical details of the group members

> Macu proposes a new way to input the overhead light to the work

> Alicia, proposes a new way to connect the interior and exterior of the house. Design a road suitable for cycling.

> Hilal, proposes a transformation in the bedroom. This is to transform several points to make the conditions inside and sleep more enjoyable it more enjoyable.

> Natalie enabled an area for enjoy nature together with the family, such as a picnic

> In the detail of Louis is creating a relax area

Group communication

Hi, we’ve rewritten the story.

We’ve made it thinking about another We’ve made it thinking about another concepts like a new distribution of the house for improve the relation between the family creating private and common spaces. As well we think it’s important to consider Dutch culture.

Look forward to hearing from you

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