House on the Vest Authors Esther Gramsbergen Downloads Download PDF (Dutch) Published 2021-06-30 Issue OverHolland 21 Section Polemen License Copyright (c) 2021 Esther Gramsbergen This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. How to Cite House on the Vest. (2021). OverHolland, 13(21), 209-217. https://overholland.ac/index.php/overholland/article/view/239 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver AMA Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Abstract The city gate is long gone but anyone entering the centre of Dordrecht via the Sint Jorisbrug will still be conscious of crossing a boundary. Rather than the bridge spanning the Spuihaven, which is pretty inconspicuous, it is greenery along the water that makes this a recognisable transition point. On the left-hand side the eye is caught by a group of majestic trees standing in the deep gardens of the houses lining the Vest. One of those houses, Vest 84, was recently rebuilt from the ground up. The project was both designed and built by Ber Mooren.The house is not big. With a footprint of approximately 45 m2 and built over two floors it is a compact home for a one-child family. Size says very little about the complexity, however. The design employs great ingenuity in resolving several issues: the need to respect the on-site remains of the medieval town wall, the technical limitations of self-build with only a small team of helpers, and a limited budget. And because the Vest is part of a protected townscape there was another aspect to consider: ensuring that the new architecture was in keeping with the historical character of the city centre. Author Biography Esther Gramsbergen Esther Gramsbergen (1964) graduated in architecture from Delft University of Technology in 1989. She has worked for various architectural firms, including Karelse van der Meer Architecten and ArchitectenCie. Since 1999 she has been employed as an assistant professor in architectural design in Delft University of Technology’s Faculty of Architecture, and since 2009 as an editor of the journal OverHolland. In 2014 she obtained her PhD at Delft for a dissertation entitled Kwartiermakers in Amsterdam: ruimtelijke transformatie onder invloed van stedelijke instellingen, 1580-1880, a commercial edition of which has been published by Vantilt. In line with this, her current research focuses on the role of urban institutions, such as universities, in more recent transformations of Dutch cities.