Paul de Ruiter – Villa Deys

The senior couple Mr and Mrs Deys bought the first of the four building plots in the Schoutenboomgaardweg in Rhenen. This purchase included a sketch design for the villa by Paul de Ruiter. The main criterion for the design was the wishes of the customers. It also had to satisfy the stringent requirements imposed by Paul de Ruiter himself that the house must merge into the landscape and should preferably have a grass roof.
The clients primarily wanted a practical home where they could go on living until an advanced age. And because both wanted to keep fit and love swimming, integrating a swimming pool into the design was an important wish. All the above is fulfilled in a villa that can be adapted over time to the age of the residents.

The living functions of Villa Deys are placed around the swimming pool and spaciously blend into each other. The house is completely integrated into the landscape. If you look down from the Cunera hill just behind the house, all you see is the sedum roof, the front façades of gabions and the side façades, which are covered completely with slats. It strongly resembles the many farm outbuildings that can be seen in the area.

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Architect: Paul de Ruiter
Location: Rhenen, Netherlands
Project Architect: Paul de Ruiter
Project Team: Michael Noordam, Sander van Veen, Dieter Blok, Lei Coppus, Hannes Ochmann, Mathilde Joosse, Willeke Smit, Monique Verhoef, Björn Peters
Advice Installations: Halmos bv / Milieukundig onderzoek- en ontwerpbureau BOOM
Lighting device: Van Dijk en Partners
Landscape Ecology: Buro Zijaanzicht
Landscape Design: Sytze Hager
Constructed Area: 344 sqm
Project Year: 2001
Construction year: 2002
Photographs: René de Wit, Rien van Rijthoven