A profiled metal roof and dark cladding set the tone before you even read the plan. The industrial modern villa stands out through its clear volume, sharp lines, and long bands of glass that pull daylight deep into the house. Inside, the structure stays visible in concrete ceilings, exposed surfaces, and a steel staircase that cuts through the interior like a precise line. The result is not decorative; it is direct, with each material left to do visible work.

Structure built to hold a large volume

The house was conceived as a steel frame home with houtskeletbouw walls filling the interior partitions. That construction choice made it possible to create a large volume efficiently, while keeping the plan readable. The main body is compact and basic in shape, but the ground floor expands it with extra space and a glass corridor house sequence that connects to separate rooms. Rather than closing everything off, the layout leaves room for movement, pauses, and smaller zones that can stand apart.

That corridor matters because it changes the way the house is experienced. It does not act as a passage to hurry through. Instead, it stretches the view from one side to the other and keeps the interior linked to the outside. Large glass facades on the main spaces reinforce that feeling. From several points in the house, you look through layers of space rather than stopping at a wall, which makes the volume feel even more open than its basic form suggests.

Glass openings guide the route through the house

The ground floor is organised around long sightlines and areas of separation. The glass corridor house layout leads toward individual rooms, while the open spaces remain broad enough to let light spread without interruption. This gives the plan a measured rhythm: transparent, then enclosed, then open again. The views stay active. One glance can move from a room edge to the terrace and then across the garden water feature, keeping the outside present in nearly every interior zone.

Those large glass facades also shape the atmosphere of the rooms. They bring in light at full height and place the darker structure in direct contrast with the open glazing. Where the steel and concrete read as firm and grounded, the glass softens the edges by extending the visual field. The house never turns into one single open hall. Instead, it uses transparency to keep separate functions connected while still allowing privacy where it is needed.

Profiled metal roofing and gray panel surfaces

Outside, the profiled metal roofing gives the upper volume a crisp outline. Beneath it, gray eternit panels cover the lower level and echo the look of poured concrete without copying it literally. The surface is flat, cool, and restrained, with enough texture to hold the light. A long privacy wall built from bonded eternit panels runs alongside the house and shields the interior from view. It also extends the horizontal line of the composition, so the building reads as one clear sequence rather than a set of separate parts.

The material choice supports the industrial modern villa character without turning heavy. The darker roof, the gray lower panels, and the glass all stay in balance through contrast rather than ornament. On the image side, the façade appears as a dark, angular mass with vertical rhythm, while the terrace edge remains low and open. That mix of weight and transparency is what keeps the building anchored while still letting it engage the landscape around it.

Concrete surfaces, white panels, and a steel stair

Inside, the project leans into a raw concrete interior with floors and ceilings left visible. The surfaces are unpolished in the best sense: direct, plain, and easy to read. Where the walls are not left open, they are finished with a white plywood wall finish that keeps the rooms bright without trying to conceal the structure. The contrast between rough concrete, white panels, and black roof trusses gives the whole house a clear graphic order.

The industrial steel staircase carries that language through the house. It introduces a dark vertical element among the lighter walls and glazed openings, and its open treads keep the stair from feeling closed in. Light falls across the steps and the adjacent wall planes, so the stair becomes part of the interior sequence rather than a separate object. Across the floors, the same palette repeats: black structure, white walls, concrete above and below, and daylight filtering through large openings.

Rooms arranged across three levels

The first floor belongs to the parents and includes a main bedroom, two workrooms, and a bathroom with a freestanding bath, separate shower, and double washbasin. The second floor is reserved for the children, with each child given a room and a shared bathroom. The plan is straightforward, but the rooms are not treated as isolated boxes. Their placement within the larger volume keeps the industrial modern villa feeling consistent across the levels, from the open lower spaces to the more private upper floor.

That consistency also comes from the light. Black roof trusses, white walls, and generous daylight run through all storeys, so the rooms feel connected even when the functions differ. The white plywood wall finish keeps the bedrooms and workrooms from becoming visually heavy, while the raw concrete interior remains present enough to anchor the whole composition. It is an interior that relies on material honesty rather than decoration to hold the spaces together.

A garden built around water and distance

Outside, the garden is dominated by a modern garden swimming pond measuring about 18 metres wide, 40 metres long, and 1.80 metres deep. Its rectangular shape is sharp enough to read at once, while the corten edging gives the water line a clear boundary. The reddish steel creates a firm frame around the pond and separates the reflective surface from the lawn and planting. Seen from the house, the pond works as both a view and an open strip of space that extends the site horizontally.

The excavated soil was used to form a green embankment along the side of the through road. That move does two things at once: it screens the plot and it gives the garden a calmer background. From the house, the embankment softens the edge of the site without hiding the geometry of the pond. The swimming pond corten edging, the low planting, and the broad water plane together turn the outside area into a measured counterpart to the rigid house volume, with the same clarity of line but a different texture underfoot and in the light.

Across house and garden, the project keeps returning to the same set of materials: steel, glass, concrete, white panels, and dark metal surfaces. None of them are used as decoration. Each one shapes the way the plan is read, the way light lands on the rooms, and the way the building meets the garden. The industrial modern villa uses that discipline to let the volume, the corridor, and the water feature stay legible from one side to the other.