Reset Architecture transforms a barn at a historical estate into a museum.This project addresses a current theme of the changing countryside that is no longer mainly used for agriculture. Within this context of change the intention of this project originated from preservation; sharing the past of a beautiful location. The architecture of this adaptive reuse project does not react to history in a nostalgic or thematic way, it uses a more context sensitive approach. The interior has changed to a level in which the old and new merge but still are, without hierarchy, visually present. As a result the new setting evokes a self-evident presence that relates to the characteristics of the natural scenery.

The first floor is used as a study space for archaeological research.. Image © Stijn Poelstra
Architects: RESET ARCHITECTURE

Location: Haanwijk 6, 5271 VG Sint-Michielsgestel, The Netherlands

Design Team: Theo Mathijssen, Tess Landsman

Area: 126.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Stijn Poelstra

Contractor: De Visser / Bouwgroep Moonen

Client: Brabantslandschap

A new wooden volume in the interior of the barn presents itself in the north facade and forms the entrance.. Image © Stijn Poelstra

Text description provided by the architects. Reset Architecture transforms a barn at a historical estate into a museum.
This project addresses a current theme of the changing countrysi...