At the edge of Middenbeemster, JEB architecten designed a detached home with a simple pitched roof and a tall glazed opening in the gable. The glazing follows the roofline and frames views across the Beemster landscape. Vertical timber boards draw the eye up the gable, reinforcing the proportions of the house.

The exterior pairs smooth black aluminium with Marugame, a charred Accoya® cladding by Zwarthout | Shou Sugi Ban. The materials share a dark palette, but their surfaces respond differently to daylight. At close range, the fine cracks in the char layer become visible. When sunlight strikes the boards at an angle, the raised texture takes on a silvery sheen.

Zwarthout chars the Accoya® boards in its own furnace in Lunteren, drawing on the Japanese Shou Sugi Ban tradition. Accoya® provides a dimensionally stable substrate for the cladding and is rated durability class 1 under EN 350.