Where architecture and landscape grow as one
31 March 2026
In this project, architecture, garden, and surrounding landscape were approached as one from the very beginning. The collaboration between Studio Piet Boon and Studio REDD does not start from a hierarchy between house and landscape, but from a shared design language. The garden responds to the architecture and its setting, just as the architecture responds to that same context. One discipline does not follow the other. Instead, both are strengthened by working from the same principles.
“The client’s wish was to create an environment that conveys calm and cohesion, while also offering moments of surprise from different viewpoints. At the same time, the garden needed to accommodate additional functions, such as a guest house and a pool house.”
That shared approach required close alignment from the very start. At an early stage, the plot was considered as a whole, with attention to level differences, water features, existing trees, and the positioning of landscape interventions and secondary buildings. By taking these elements into account early in the process, house and garden were able to develop as parts of one cohesive whole.
A strong relationship between house and landscape was central to the design. The terraces surrounding the residence play an important role in this. They connect the architecture to the hardscaping in the garden and have been carefully aligned, so that inside and outside are not experienced as separate worlds, but as parts of one continuous composition.
This sense of cohesion also plays an important role in the long-term vision. “A house and its outdoor space should not only feel right at completion, but reveal themselves even more strongly after five or ten years.” That idea calls for materials that age beautifully and retain their quality. The influence of time is not seen as a disruption, but as a layer that adds further depth to the design.
The inspiration for the design essentially comes from two sources: the location and the client. “The inspiration for the design essentially comes from two sources: the location and the client.” In this way, the project becomes not only a response to spatial conditions, but also to the way the residents want to live.
The result is a design in which architecture and garden strengthen one another, forming a calm, natural, and enduring living environment together.
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