Villa BH by WHIM Architecture

The villa is positioned on a rectangular plot of 35 x 50m, that is enclosed at 3 sides with similar plots and freestanding houses. The house in the Villa BH in Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands,  is designed by WHIM Architecture. The villa has a glass façade over 20 meters long, with plan floor, and the ceiling of the living area has an extra height in the shape of a sloped roof. Between room and another room are frontiered with glass panels. So, the villa become wide area. The roof is covered with sedum, that regulates the distribution of the rainwater gently. On the flat roof are 20 solar panels for electricity. A heat pump warms the floors in the winter and cools them in the summer with natural temperature differences retrieved deep in the ground. As an extra heating there are 2 fireplaces for wood, one in the living and one in the TV-room.