House designed for individual client needs A site with a south facing view to a canal on the Grote Rietland of IJburg provided a unique opportunity for a family to live in a free-standing villa within 20 minutes of central Amsterdam. The family of four, a score composer and a business scenario writer with 2 teenage children required a house that provided opportunities to live both together and independently.

The section of the house clearly describes the programme with children on the lowered level, parents on the upper, and the ground floor acting as the communal, family and social area (and also bufferzone).