R.S.V.P.

April 10th, 2007

Maquette foto 2 Maquette foto 1

The ideal house is the unfinished house. It can become anything.

Building regulators, architects, builders and mortgage suppliers are not accustomed to dealing with the anarchy of the unfinished.

This project is a monument to the individual builder. It is made up of an architectonic base consisting of a concrete foundation and a stove with a chimney. It is the beginning of what will become a house. Fragments, a reversed archaeology.

Starting simple, the house can then grow with its user and be adapted according to circumstance, preference, want and need. The first step consists of creating basic functions using recycled and inexpensive
materials. Different solutions and materials can always be applied as the house develops.

The variables in the outcome are unpredictable. This house invites its inhabitants to live and build, to build and live.

Ontwerpers: Joost Grootens / Bart Guldemond
Website: http://www.grootens.nl/
Email: bartg@xs4all.nl
PDF: RSVP