
Villa Röling by Architectenbureau Paul de Ruiter, Netherlands won Hiše Award 09 for Sustainable Excellence in Private Housing.
The villa consists of two contrasting volumes – a transparent glass volume overlooking the lake and garden; and a ‘floating’ wooden box on top, which the wind can blow through and easily dry when it has rained. Innovative, energy-saving active concrete throughout regulates temperature. Pipes in the concrete floors cool the floor in summer and heat it in winter, and are connected with a system of geothermal power. Outside, pits in the ground contain water with a constant temperature and is pumped into the villa. The water is cool enough in summer and only needs to be heated a few degrees in winter, saving huge amounts of energy.





Architecture: Architectenbureau Paul de Ruiter bv, Amsterdam
Location: Kudelstaartseweg, Niederlands
Year of completion: 2008
Photos: Pieter Kers, Blaž Bratkovič
Volume: 1.116 m3
Client: art collectors
Structural engineering: Bouwtechnisch adviesbureau J. L. Croes
Installations: Wahlen & Jongkind
Landscape design: Copijn










Very nice site love the doors in the properties
nice architecture