AMSTERDAM BEAUTIFULLY BLENDING CONTEMPORARY HOUSE DESIGN WITH NATURE AS TO ACCOMMODATE GROWING GREENERY

Adi Hidayat

Delightfully mixing structural engineering with nature, this contemporary house by Marc Koehler Architects was designed as a vertical garden in a solid wilderness. The house in IJburg, Amsterdam, highlights different spaces apparently "cut out" from a "solid sculptural mass" in a progression of open and private spaces,

AMSTERDAM BEAUTIFULLY BLENDING CONTEMPORARY HOUSE DESIGN WITH NATURE AS TO ACCOMMODATE GROWING GREENERY

as depicted by the draftsman, which binds together all components of this contemporary design – the outside, inside, and obviously, the exceptional vertical greenery enclosure and expansive housetop porch. The veneer consolidates block work for visual enthusiasm and in addition to suit developing greenery.

Insides are brilliant with characteristic light. The contemporary design offers a principle carpet lodging three rooms, a restroom, a powder room and a huge multi-reason space. Upstairs, a kitchen, eating region and extensive living territory offer perspectives of the encompassing city and garden just outside the broad window