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Sweet Dutch House with a Secret Underground Space

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A most unusual design by Dutch firm Hofman Dujardin Architects hides second storey bedrooms completely below grade.

The long and wide concrete ramp brings warm sunlight down to allow all four kids’ bedrooms to directly access the outdoors, as well as a glassed-in walkway to stairs upstairs.

From nearby, the Villa Geldrop appears to have just a single storey and a dormer in part of its steeply pitched roof.

As simple and charming as a child’s drawing of home,  the house is flooded with natural light.

On the main floor housing the public spaces, the entire front is fully glazed.

The sweetly childlike gable and the fully glazed front results in a home full of airy sunshine.

Each panel of glazing opens up entirely from floor to ceiling to the clean fresh air outside.

An elegantly unobtrusive fireplace avoids that forlorn look of an unwanted fireplace in summer. A tiny TV suggests homework is the priority here.

The steep pitched roof has two dormers; one in front that houses the parents bedroom, above the kitchen.

Another dormer is in the back of the house, housing a family room up above the living room.

A pleasant and modern Dutch home in Geldrop, The Netherlands, with an interesting secret.