Part functional mini home, as well as a shed and a sculpture, the ‘Poplar Garden House’ is located close to the city centre of Groningen in the allotment gardens of Tuinwijck. Tuinwijck is a green oasis that offers the inhabitants of the city a low-budget possibility to create the most eccentric gardens.
The Poplar House’s lot is a sunny one, situated between the playground (South) and the ditch (North). These two different orientations were the reason Onix designed two different outside areas. One is an introvert space, in the shadow of the apple trees, orientated on the ditch, and the other, is an extrovert space on the creek garden and the playground. The condition of the soil (which is boulder clay) was the reason to choose for a creek garden.
Onix have given their garden house a saddle roof, which is one of the types that you see a lot at Tuinwijck, the other type is the pent roof.
The volume has been formed so that the house embraces the two outside areas. The house is completely formed by one plank size and is made from poplar wood, and the window stills are made from planks as well as the foundation.
Source: medesignmag
