Unit 9 | Studio House | Amsterdam | Doepel Strijkers Architects

The floor plan usually provides the basis for the organisation of functions. When a dwelling is organized vertically, through different levels, the result can have a completely different character. Additionally, the functional spaces in this house are connected to the walls as opposed to the floors.
This point of departure stems from the location. The space is an empty shell in an existing harbour building in Amsterdam- North. The closed front façade and back façades, the open side facades, roof lights and routing through the space determines the design. To emphasise the view on the forest as well as the harbour and to keep the spaces as open as possible, all supporting functions are treated as enclosed volumes.....more

Single Family House | Villa Vink | Amsterdam | OIII Architects

Project Villa Vink
Place Amsterdam
Client Bob Vink en Loria Burton
Architect Jan Frederik Groos
Project team Michael Hoogland, Evert Jan de Jong, Paola Pae, Fara Zia Qadir
Completion 1998
Photography Jan Bartelsman

Villa Vink
To realise their ambitious dream, a bungalow with an orchard in the centre of Amsterdam, our clients bought a complex of ruinous building and a neglected canal house. The stark contrast between this romantic dream and the reality of the site provided us with a major challenge. The unusual L-shaped parcel of land and the requirement for privacy in an inner court bordered by housing and offices needed a careful staging of the transitions between interior and exterior. The solution rests in the fragmentation of the total image of the development: only by moving through the house are the images connected and cohesion is created. The entrance to this city bungalow is located in the canal house; as well as the entrance to the two new apartments on the top floors. The essential need for natural light admittance required that the back premises of the house were demolished. As a result a patio was created, the actual entrance hall receives diffuse lighting. In two low stories a library and guest rooms have been realised. The stairs to the library have an open connection to the living area(s). This part of the house can be opened to the garden by means of a double sliding door, offering a tremendous view transversely to the length of the building on the length of the building. The other spaces of the house have a totally different relationship with the garden. The private areas can all be connected through the use of small sliding doors on the garden side; the children rooms also have a connection with the hall creating an enlarged playing area. ....more

House in Kleine Rieteilanden | Amsterdam Designed By NAT Architecten

Lot 71
An L-shaped jet volume gives a disconcerting face in the street. On the street, he is low on the water and he has three layers with a fully transparent end wall.

The kitchen to the street and slightly increase the parking area to reduce something arises light in the spacious basement and could be from the table on the parked cars look around. A spacious loft-like space with a free classified timber volume. In this volume we have the playground for children / toilet / cloakroom and a pantry included.
On the balmy waters have parents and children their own floor.....more
Client: Private
Contractor: Konst and Poland
manufacturer: Breed ID
Photos: Peter Cuypers
stage: completed 2009

WATERVILLA DE OMVAL | Amsterdam | +31Architects

This tautly designed houseboat floats in the Amstel river of Amsterdam.
The design has, unlike most floating houses, a very contemporary design without losing the characteristic appearance of the typical houseboat.

Living on the water gets more and more popular in Holland. The clients/ owners who come to our office always love the typical charms and characteristics of living on the water but don’t like the standard “caravan” appearance of the existing houseboats. More and more people want to live on a contemporary houseboat that has been designed for their specific needs, the houseboat at De Omval is an obvious example of this wish.

The clients wanted a boat with an open floor plan where they could enjoy the views to the water and the outdoor space to a maximum. The distinguished curved line of the facade directly derives from this desire and the restriction that the boat couldn’t be more than three meters above the water.

The living area and open kitchen are located on the waterfront, from here one has a panoramic view at the Amstel and you can enter the floating terrace. Following on from the living area and kitchen the bedroom is located on a split level. The split level introduces an open route to the ground floor of the boat and, at the same time, makes it possible to create a terrace on the south side without exceeding the maximum building height.

To accentuate the round lines of the facade it is carried out in with shiny aluminum.
The white plastered walls and ceilings follow the curve of the facade creating a seamless transition from the exterior to the interior....more
Location:Amsterdam
Client:Particulier
Architect:J. Suasso de Lima de Prado J. Houwert
Area:200m2
Delivery:2010
Building contractor:Ardesch/Dijkhuis groep
Photographer:Colin Morsch

WATERVILLA AMSTELDIJK |Amsterdam | +31 Architects

This watervilla was designed for two clients who both wanted an individual house for them selves. The houseboat has two levels, the upper level which has a frame around glides above the basement. The living area in both houses is situated at the ground floor, the bathrooms and sleeping rooms are in the basement.
A remarkable detail is the terrace been situated between both houses. The terrace does not only give access to the individual houses but is a clear answer to the strict regulations that are made for the Amstel quay area: the façade seen from the quay is regulated to a maximum of 60 m2. The void that appears could be excluded from the calculation which made it possible to extend the watervilla and to have a substantial amount of extra space in the basement. The large windows at the waterside offer an unobstructed view from the living rooms onto the open water. The side of the quay is closed towards the streets area. The wooden gladding of western red cedar is assembled with in two different sizes. The horizontal placement of the gladding emphasizes the length of the watervilla.
Daylight in the basement enters through a fine detailed, 40 cm high, continuous stroke of windows just above the waterline. Due to this the top floor seems to float above the water. To underline this effect the upper level is framed by a black continuous roof and floor line.Above the terrace a gap has been made in the roof so the clients can enjoy the sunlight......more

Location : Amsterdam
Address: Amsteldijk
Client:Particulier
Architect:J. Suasso de Lima de Prado J. Houwert
Area:218m2
Delivery:2007
Building contractor:EMK Lelystad
Photographer:Iwan Baan

Single Family Apartment | Amsterdam | i29

A single-family apartment for four people situated in a stately building in southern Amsterdam is the latest project by i29. The project makes use of laser cut panels in the kitchen and other areas of the apartment for a dynamic mix of open and closed areas.

The original structure was partitioned with rooms for staff, a double hall and long hallways with lots of doors, all of which has now been transformed into a spacious, transparent dwelling full of light and air.

More on the apartment at mocoloco

VMX Architects | Modern Island Home in Amsterdam Nature Reserve

Netherlands architecture firm VMX Architects has coupled contemporary aesthetics and creature comforts in their design dubbed Sodae House. This modern island home boasts an unusual blend of angles and glass, making it an unlikely find among its natural surroundings on the island of Kostverlorenkade 1 in Amsterdam. “The starting point for the concept was the perception of the landscape, the distant high buildings of the Zuid As and the Rembrandt Tower as well as the view of the aeroplanes travelling to and from Schiphol,” according to the architects. The ground floor becomes a den of sorts, occupied by the home’s most intimate areas like the bedrooms and baths. A walkout to the garden makes you feel at one with the landscape. The upper floor is where all the living and socializing is done, complete with an open-concept loft-style kitchen and living room abutting cool glass walls. Below grade for work and play, the basement conceals a work-out room and a home theater. The whole home has an eclectic style to it, from the outside in. But even in their odd mix, every element encapsulates luxury. VMX Architects.
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Modern House Design | Steigereiland,Amsterdam | FARO Architecten

client: Pieter Weijnen
type of client: Particular
contractor: Kerkhofs Montagebouw
photography:Hertha Hurnaus
status: Completed
total costs:320.000
type: Single family residence
location:city Amsterdam street Cornelis Zillessenstraat
year: 2007
engineering officer :PieterBouw Techniek
Architect:FARO Architecten

House In IJburg,Amsterdam | Rocha Tombal

House IJburg
Client: Fam. Winkel Molenaar
Design: 2006-2007
Realisation: 2008

The closed façade offers a “statement” by reacting on its neighbours by contrast.
Only on the ground floor is the white volume cut off. At this point the front facade is pushed backwards, like a scenario, allowing the perception of the stair.
Behind the closed façade a “light-route” is created: after experiencing exposure and light intensity on the ground-floor, the visitor gets on the first-floor the feeling of stepping into an enclosed darker staircase. Through it’s form, which at some points is cut off to allow light penetration, and the contrast between fully open and fully closed, a light-game arises, which floor after floor guides and surprises. At the end of the route, via one sharp roof opening, the visitor feels again the confrontation with an intensive bath of light.
The stair climbs through the whole house next to a facility’s unit which on the ground floor separates the transparent hall from the intimate living room, and in the other floors, the circulation area from the sleeping / working rooms. By situating both staircase and facility’s unit directly behind the front façade, these spaces become flexible, less deep and bright. The windows of the back façade which in each room are different in form and size offer to every space a different light quality.
In the void of the living room, the sculptural fire-place connects the ground floor with the first floor.
In this way, and embraced by light, one high impressive space is created.
Text and images from Rocha Tombal.