Design Reviver - Web Design Blog. Balancing Barn / MVRDV. Architect: MVRDV Location: Suffolk, England Design Team: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries, Frans de Witte, Gijs Rikken Co-Architect: Mole Architects Landscape Architects: The Landscape Partnership Client: Living Architecture Project Area: 210 sqm Project Year: 2010 Photography: Edmund Sumner Balancing Barn is situated on a beautiful site by a small lake in the English countryside near Thorington in Suffolk.
The Barn responds through its architecture and engineering to the site condition and natural setting. The traditional barn shape and reflective metal sheeting take their references from the local building vernacular. In this sense the Balancing Barn aims to live up to its educational goal in re-evaluating the countryside and making modern architecture accessible. Additionally, it is both a restful and exciting holiday home. Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide - Part 2.