The Hedge House

1, Kasteel Wijlreweg, Wijlre, Netherlands

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The Hedge House

1, Kasteel Wijlreweg, Wijlre, Netherlands

Type

Cultural › Gallery

YEAR

2001

SIZE

25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft

Art as part of life was the main purpose of the small
house in the 17th-century pleasure garden belonging to Wijlre Castle. It
accommodates seemingly disparate spaces, i.e. two greenhouses, a hen house, a
tool shed and a living room, together with the space for art.A linear exhibition space folds out into one of the
gardens compartments enclosed by hedges, offering maximum wall surface, and
defining exterior spaces between the hedge and the outer wall of the building.
The itinerary of the exhibition becomes part of the overall routing in the park
by way of two entrances and exits to and from the private and the public site.The height of the hedges, together with the stacked
organization of the required interior spaces, creates an introvert exhibition
gallery in the basement. The upper layers of living room, greenhouses, tool
shed and chicken house, which are orientated to the outside, determine the
different heights of the ceilings in the exhibition area and define the sources
of daylight. Top, side, indirect, and zenith light for the collection
penetrates the building at the thresholds between the art gallery and the other
spaces. The materials inside and outside the gallery are limited to glass and
exposed concrete, in addition to the plastered exhibition walls.

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The Hedge House

1, Kasteel Wijlreweg, Wijlre, Netherlands

The Hedge House

1, Kasteel Wijlreweg, Wijlre, Netherlands

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