Description
The house is located in Borneo-Eiland, a new urban development area in Amsterdam, whose parcels were sold to private individuals and their architects with the proviso of adhering to the row house typology. This home divides a “quasi public“ passage way, which links the road and the waterway.
The entrance is located in this passage way, with a work area occupying the other side. Both halves of the building are united on the second floor (open living zone). On the third floor, however, an elongated terrace – which echoes the passage below – serves as a dividing element between bedrooms (master bedroom, children’s bedroom[s]).
The middle of the house is occupied on one side by the service rooms, to the left by a spiraling staircase, and to the right by the sanitary rooms. Qualitatively, this design is remarkable for the idea of drawing the exterior space crosswise through the house, with all the advantages (e.g., lighting) and disadvantages (e.g., narrow rooms) this entails.
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Street façade
Originally published in: Oliver Heckmann, Friederike Schneider (eds.), Floor Plan Manual Housing, fourth revised and expanded edition, Birkhäuser, 2011.