Residence Steigereiland

Project Name: Residence Steigereiland
Construction year: 2007
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Address: Pedro de Medinalaan, Zeeburg , AMSTERDAM - Netherlands

Architect(s) : diederendirrix architecten (www.diederendirrix.nl)
Project Category: Housing | Residential

Latitude: 52.3624
Longitude: 4.97675

Residence Steigereiland

In the IJburg district, the Steigereiland is a ‘free’ zone where private individuals could realize a house of their own liking, with few restrictions except the obligation not to exceed the construction line or the established building height. This row house is such a house. In contrast with the gay diversity around it, the facade of the house has been conceived as a black hole. The mostly closed facade is constructed out of concrete, which has been painted black. The opal glass and the wooden front doors are the only exceptions. Inside, hardly any colour has been used either, with the exception of the walls of the patio on the roof, which have a touch of the red of the neighbours’ facade. Besides the ground floor, only two of the five floors reveal themselves in the facade; the house conceals its spatial composition. Behind the large window on the first floor is the four-metre-high living room. The kitchen and dining room are on the ground floor at the garden side and not visible from the street. Above the living room, behind a ribbon window in the facade, is a floor for sleeping; above that is a second floor for sleeping and also a roof terrace, both oriented towards the south, and again hidden from view. Inside the house, the split-level design results in high rooms on the ground and first floors and places an emphasis on length in the relatively compact living room.

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