The three porters' lodges are situated at the entrances of National Park “De Hoge Veluwe”, in the villages of Rijzenburg, Hoenderloo and Otterlo. The park is famous for its natural beauty and for the Kröller-Müller Museum situated in the middle of it. It is also known for its high quality architecture, such as the museum by Henry van de Velde with an extension by Wim Quist, and the Hunting Lodge for Kröller-Müller designed by Hendrik Berlage.

The Hoenderloo lodge constructed of Corten steel, refers to the art of the Kröller-Müller Museum with its modern art collection and its extensive sculpture garden. The architecture of the park is evoked in the Otterlo lodge with its brick and concrete finish.

All materials were used in their natural state and gradually weather over time. To further emphasise the object-like and artificial quality of the lodges, the same materials were used all over the buildings, including roofs, shutters and doors, with a detailing that corresponds to the physical capacity of the materials. The lodges were designed to be completely closed during closure time thus turning into mysterious sculptural objects.