Villa Henny: The Concrete House

Student report (2022)

Authors

A.J.L. Hamelers Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

J.A.M. Baeten Teachers of Practice / A - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

14-04-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Villa Henny (1916), designed by Robert van’t Hoff, baptized as the concrete villa, defines a turning point in modernism in the Netherlands. The Villa has been extensively researched in relation to the De Stijl art movement and influence by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, yet less attention has been given to the fact that it is one of the first dwellings in the Netherlands with a construction of reinforced concrete. The aim of the thesis is to shed light on the role of the project in terms of technical advances of the early 1900’s. After a contextual outline of reinforced concrete and the architect responsible for the project, the paper will elaborate on the design and influence of Villa Henny, determine the relations between architectural and structural properties, evaluate the transition of reinforced concrete from a civil structure to private dwelling building material, and analyse the effects it had on the design of dwellings in the Netherlands.