House to Live With

Caroline Voet is an associate professor in the Faculty of Architecture at KU Leuven and runs her own firm, Voet Architectuur, in Antwerp. Her previous book, Dom Hans van der Laan: A House for the Mind, won a DAM Architecture Book Award in 2018. Hans W. van der Laan is a Dutch architect and a nephew of Dom Hans van der Laan, with whom he worked closely on some of the projects documented in the book.

• Introduction8MAKING THE HOUSE 17Caroline Voet THE BOSSCHE SCHOOL 31An architectural collective with a particular design cultureCaroline VoetTHE HOUSE BUILT BY NUMBERS 67Caroline Voet SPATIAL COMPREHENSION IN ARCHITECTURE 95Hans W. van der LaanDOM HANS VAN DER LAAN’S DESIGN FOR A LOGO 99Hans W. van der Laan LEARNING FROM THE ROMAN HOUSE 105Dom Hans van der Laan: Experience-spaces and constructional analogiesNicola PanziniI. THE FUNDAMENTAL HOUSE 1291. The Embryo House: Rector’s House, Roosenberg Abbey, 134Waasmunster, Belgium, architect Dom Hans van der Laan, 19782. The Roman Model House: Aula of Graveyard Duynhaeghe, 156Drunen, architect Jan de Jong, 19853. The House Built around a Patio: House Vladár, 168 architect Nico van der Laan, 19744. The House like a Small Cloister: House Naalden, Best, 178architect Dom Hans van der Laan, 1980The Intangible Substances of Architecture 202 Elizabeth Bonde HatzII. THE HOUSE ROUND A TABLE 2135. The House with the Garden Gallery: Double House Frans Ruijs, 1966 2186. The Elemental House around the Table: House Jan Peterse, 1968 2367. The House around the Wooden Stairwell: House Van Lierop, 1967 2528. The Monumental House: House Jan de Jong, 1967 2669. The Elemental Family House: House Vaessen, Nico van der Laan, 1968 284The Universal House and Home 294Theo MalschaertIII. THE HOUSE AND ITS GARDEN 30310.The House with the Walled Garden: House Tom Senders, 314Wijnen and Senders, 197911. The House around Outdoor Garden Rooms: House Pieter Buys, 322Gerard Wijnen, 197012.The House that Sits like a Buddha in the Forest: House Swaak, 342Gerard Wijnen, 197613. The House that Towers the Flat Land: House Van de Kerkhof, 358Gerard Wijnen, 198314. The House that Folds around a Forecourt: House Wester, 372Hans W. van der Laan, 197415. The House with the Split-Level: House Wolters-Schweitzer, 386 Joop Brugman, 197316. The House of Three Nesting Volumes: House Schure, 394 Fons Vermeulen, 1974A CRITICAL DESCRIPTION OF ARCHITECTURE 409 Dom Hans van der Laan’s lecture on his book Architectonic SpaceArchitect Biographies 416Authors 418