The Green House | Glass House | Getaway Projects

In a forgotten beautiful old patch of forest of over 4.000 m2 in the village Epse, hidden between luxurious villas and a ‘70s residential area, we (Arno Schuurs & Paulien van Noort , GetAway Projects) have designed and built a gem: a tiny house almost entirely made out of of glass, even the roof, to fully enjoy the surrounding forest.

The centerpiece of the house is a beautiful kitchen-annex-bar-annex-lounge with a built in wood stove in front. Parallel to the house is an unheated natural swimming pool with a 12 meter swimming lane and a helophyte filter with lava stones and yellow irises for the purification of the water. 

The footprint of the house is only 40m2 but by making use of diferent levels we managed to create a spacious bathroom downstairs and 2 full sized bedrooms upstairs.The batroom and bedrooms are located in the closed rear part of the house with the black brick and a roof that is covered with sedem.

The interior of the house is finished with Ayous, a thermally modified type of wood. A heat pump provides heating and hot water. The house has its own waste water system.

A fantastic place to relax and recharge. Open the doors of the green house, hear the birds chirping and see the squirrels running up and down the huge trees. In the morning you might spot deer walking through the forest.