Dream House Design of NS Residence in Emek Hefer, Israel

Dream House Design Of NS Residence, Client’s love of spending time in the arid climate of this seaside region, was the primary driver of the dream house design scheme developed by Mishmeret, Israel–based Blatman Cohen Architecture Design. A rough-hew concrete wall, and a glimpse of a burnt cedar clad volume, beyond are the only pieces of the NS Residence (Dream House Design) in Emek Hefer, Israel. That are visible from the street.

But move past the steel gate, and an outdoor entertaining paradise is revealed. Which includes a verdant front garden complete with a swimming pool and outdoor kitchen.

Architecture Of Dream House Design By by Mishmeret

Fact File And Project Credits For Dream House Design

Location : Emek Hefer
Project: NS Residence, Emek Hefer, Israel
Client: Withheld
Architects: Blatman Cohen Architecture Design, Mishmeret, Israel—Vered Blatman Cohen (principal)
Engineer: Shmuel Penet
Management and Supervision: Yehuda Zimbris
Size: 450 square meters (4,844 square feet)
Cost: WithheldProject
Status : Built
Type : Single Family, Outbuilding
Scope : New Construction
Room or Space : Outdoor, Living Room, Kitchen
Style : Modern architecture
Photos : Amit Giron

Dream Home Design Brief

The two-story dream house design is a barlike volume, flanked on its south side by a wood slat clad pergola, that shelters outdoor seating and dining areas. The slats continue indoors, lining the ceiling of the open plan ground floor, which contains a kitchen as well as dining and living areas.

The wood is offset by glazed walls that visually (and, in the case of some operable panels, physically) open the room to the outdoors, answering the client’s request for “a very open house, with simple geometries,” says principal Vered Blatman Cohen. The bridge-like second floor volume is supported on concrete walls at the short ends.

Dream House Plans

Throughout the Dream house design, Blatman Cohen wanted the materials to be “as raw as possible,” and gravitated toward surfaces with natural textures, such as uncut basalt slabs for the entry pathway, stone and wood floors, and marble counters.

A steel staircase leads to the second-floor landing, where diffuse northern light from clerestories washes a blank concrete wall.

The bedroom and bathroom doors on this level are flush with the white-painted walls, to the point of almost disappearing into them. When closed, they provide an effect Blatman Cohen describes as “a total contrast to the very open lower level.”

The four bedrooms all face north, away from the garden, in order to capture views of the sea. The southern facade of the second level is blank, helping to reduce heat gain in the bedrooms and stairwell, and providing a visual contrast to the openness of the facade on the lower level.

Dream Home Design Consideration

That strong southerly sun was a key factor in placing the outdoor amenities in front of the house instead of behind it, farther from the street. “Usually, you would put the house in the front of the lot, and then the garden behind, and here it was the opposite,” Blatman Cohen says. But the client “wanted the pool on the south side, which is very warm, so the water will be very nice to be in.”

Dream House Pictures

A small backyard that runs along the north side, in the dream house design, was planed as a play area for the children. And because of the transparency of the ground floor, their parents can keep an eye on them from virtually anywhere on the property, proving that maximum transparency can be found even in concrete walled packages.