Case Study
Villa Welpeloo
Details:
Location: Enschede ,the Netherlands
Year: 2009
Design Team: Superuse Studios (Jan Jongert, Jeroen Bergsma, John Bosma, Frank Feder, Jos de Krieger, Tanja Lina, Caroline Karmann, Petra Jutten)
Program: Residential
Project:
[Text description translated from the project statement on the official website of Superuse Studios – All rights to the content belong to the original author]
Villa Welpeloo is a home for a couple with the desire to display and preserve a collection of paintings and graphic works by young contemporary artists. Superuse aimed for the greatest possible application of reused materials. Scouts investigated the possibilities and availability of various materials from the vicinity of the location. The found materials resulted in new forms and new methods of construction.
The core of the interior consists of a space for exhibiting artworks. To properly display the paintings, the colors and materials of the interior are kept rather restrained. Additionally, all wiring and plumbing for installations are integrated into the walls. A goods lift is an invisible part of the studio; the construction lift used to create the steel bearing structure. The artworks are illuminated by striking fixtures made from the ribs of used umbrellas, specially designed for this villa by studio En-Fer.
The bearing structure is made from steel beams from a paternoster, previously used in the textile industry, an industry that was very important for the region. One of these machines was enough for us to build the entire villa. The façades are made of wood from surplus cable reels from the Twente cable factory.
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© Image credits: Superuse Studios