Informal Cube in Rotterdam / jvantspijker

Jvantspijker Architects have designed a sturdy cube-shaped house in the centre of Rotterdam. With its spatial 3-dimensional layout the building allows a modern family to meet the paradoxical demands of urban life: The house provides community as well as privacy to its inhabitants and it is both connected to and sheltered from the street and the surrounding city.

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Architects: jvantspijker

Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Lead Architects: Jaakko van?t Spijker, Paul van den Bergh, Julio Gil

Area: 277.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Ossip van Duivenbode

Architectural Engineering: BIC, Rotterdam

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Text description provided by the architects. Jvantspijker Architects have designed a sturdy cube-shaped house in the centre of Rotterdam. With its spatial 3-dimensional layout the building allows a modern family to meet the paradoxical demands of urban life: The house provides community as well as privacy to its inhabitants and it is both connected to and sheltered from the street and the surrounding city.

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Axonometric Longitudinal Section

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The exterior of plain white bricks encases a plan organized by split-level sections. The house is an urban monolith, albeit one glowing with interior life. The design of the house answers a number of the client?s ...

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Source: Archdaily

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