The residential house in Wyck was part of the monastery complex of the Annunciates in the seventeenth century and served as an entrance building. In 1796 the monastery complex was dissolved. The entire complex was demolished except for the entrance building, which was converted into two residential houses. The front facade was fitted with decorative stucco around 1880, leaving nothing of the original 17th-century building visible on the street side. On the rear façade, the original 17th-century buildings are still clearly visible.

The house has a three-aisle structure, consisting of a central corridor with rooms on two sides. In line with the corridor is the stair tower. Several renovations have taken place over the years. In the future, the neighbouring house will be demolished and there will be a breakthrough through the building block of which the house is a part. This means that the side façade will face an alley.

The request was to make an extension into the garden at the back, such that in the future, when the garden will face the alley, the garden would be enclosed. A garden room was built as an extension of the kitchen, which opens up completely to the enclosed garden. In the process, the historical stair tower was treated with respect, which can be experienced in this constellation both from inside and from outside.

The extension is, as the clients describe it:

Read Dezeen's article on this project here.

Nominated for the Victor de Stuers Prize 2019

Location: Wycker Grachtstraat, Maastricht

Client: Private

Architect: Artesk van Royen Architecten

Design: Teske van Royen, Nadine Nievergeld

Construction: Castermans Engineers, Gronsveld

Contractor: SDF Works, Maastricht

Photography: Anja Schlamann, Köln

Execution: 2016-2018