The Steen-Boas family comissioned VMX Architects to design their house on ‘Steigereiland’, one of the island of IJburg. The client asked for a spacious house with high quality outdoor space. To answer this demand VMX used a typological approach. In the design two classical typologies are combined: the patio villa and the manor house, or domus. The result can be regarded as a patio house on its side, with the patio as an open space on the first floor. This upturned patio in the front façade offers various possibilities to profit from the sun, both inside and out.
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