Space&Matter nestles timber housing blocks into a Dutch woodland

A series of "forest rooms" draws pockets of the surrounding woodland into Common Woods, a housing development in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, by Dutch studio Space&Matter.

Located at the edge of the historic Nimmerdor forest, the "nature-inclusive neighbourhood" provides 56 homes across 15 rectilinear blocks, ranging from apartments to semi-detached houses and independent villas.

Space&Matter wanted to give residents of Common Woods the feeling of "living in a forest", which...