Villa Fifty-Fifty by Studioninedots connects garden and house in a single volume
Villa Fifty-Fifty by Studioninedots introduces a radical rethinking of domestic life by dissolving the boundaries between house and garden.
Located at the green edge of Eindhoven’s Strijp-R district, the residence is designed as a sequence of volumes alternating between enclosed and open, ensuring that daily life flows seamlessly between interiors and landscape.
This concept reflects the clients’ wish for a minimalist lifestyle that is immersed in nature, resulting in a pavilion-like typology where interior and exterior are given equal weight.
The house is composed of connected volumes framed between two horizontal slabs, creating an arrangement that feels both systematic and organic.
By avoiding conventional positioning, the architects produced a patchwork of spaces where family life unfolds across a series of transitions.
Some areas are enclosed, others remain open, allowing visual connections across the site while offering intimate retreats. This approach establishes Villa Fifty-Fifty as both home and garden in a single unified volume.
The Studioninedots project is further defined by the vertical tower that emerges from the horizontal structure, designed as a self-contained tiny house for the children.
While the shared spaces and parents’ quarters occupy the ground floor, the tower gives the daughters their own independent rooms, complete with distinct atmospheres shaped by varied openings in the roof.
The entrance is positioned where the pavilion and tower intersect, reinforcing the idea that circulation flows not through corridors but through thresholds between volumes.
Material choices enhance the duality of transparency and enclosure. Glass dominates as the primary surface, allowing uninterrupted views and softening the line between inside and outside.
The enclosed elements, however, showcase unexpected applications: flagstone clads the bathroom, glazed tiles brighten private rooms, while the shed adopts corrugated polycarbonate.
Most notable is the tower, wrapped in polished aluminium that reflects light and landscape in a subtle and ever-changing way. The resulting façade shifts with the seasons, echoing both the natural surroundings and the site’s industrial heritage.
Industrial references are not only aesthetic but also technical. The restrained palette of greys, combined with carefully customised details, elevates utilitarian materials into refined architectural gestures.
By grounding the project in both its woodland edge and Eindhoven’s industrial past, Studioninedots demonstrates how domestic architecture can simultaneously honour place and experiment with typology.
Villa Fifty-Fifty becomes a home where movement between garden and interior defines the rhythm of everyday life.
Project information Villa Fifty-Fifty
Design: Studioninedots
Clients: Private
GFA: 240 m2
Location: Strijp-R, Eindhoven, NL
Design-completion: 2018 – 2020
Design team: Albert Herder, Vincent van der Klei, Arie van der Neut, Metin van Zijl
Lead architects: Metin van Zijl, Jurjen van der Horst
Design team: Leire Baraja Rodriquez, Ruben Visser, Laura Berasaluce
Contractor: Buytels Bouwbedrijf
Construction: BreedID
Images: Frans Parthesius
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