Villa 1 is a woodland house in the Veluwe Zoom area near Arnhem in the Netherlands, has won an award as the ’best private interior’ at the Dutch Design Awards Set in the woodlands of Holland, the house is oriented optimal towards the views on the terrain and the sun. Half is pushed below ground to meet local zoning regulations. This creates a clear dichotomy in the spatial experience of the house - a glass box ground floor where all mass is concentrated in furniture elements and a ‘medieval’ basement, where the spaces are carved out of the mass.