Villa S2 IJburg in Amsterdam

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Villa S2 IJburg in Amsterdam

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MARC Architects

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Residential › Private House

Villa S2 on IJburg island is a three-story high split-level villa with spacious design, high ceilings and great openness to the waterfront. The form of the villa had to be a very compact one. This is controlled by the relatively small plot so close to the water on one hand and client needs on the other.At the front side of the house a ramp goes right into a small parking which contains part of the basement. At the backside a dike separates the waterfront from the plot. The position of the villa close to this dike establishes the depth of the basement in a way that no structures were allowed to penetrate the slopes or dike form. This condition in itself makes it a Super Dutch design. The clients desire to have a guesthouse in the other part of the basement leads indisputably to the need for direct daylight coming into this space. Conceding the former requirements we designed the basement partly above ground level in combination with the lifted ground floor and its split level space. Most of the ground floor level is almost two feet above the garden. Some floors and spaces are lifted 4 feet. This design solution provides magnificent views over the surrounding waters and south European vegetation of the IJburg island. To emphasize the inner space -or rather the clients personal identity- we literally folded the wall and floor structures around the spaces. All rooms have views over the water and green surroundings. To accomplish maximum physical and visual connection between the interior and exterior we didn´t use frames for the most important glass facades. This means we had to develop intelligent details where the glass meets the walls and floors lined with the white stone edging panels. We designed drains behind almost all panels along the floors to prevent pollution of the white edges by rainwater from the glass surfaces. Water is directly drained to ground level on several positions out of sight. On south and west elevations we integrated the electrical sunscreens behind the white edges. In that way we gave the white stone edging panels a double purpose. They provide strong architectural design by giving the villa it´s S-shaped section expression and in the meanwhile they´re supportive in a technical way on a smaller scale. The most important spatial connection is the one where the kitchen is linked to the elevated terrace. While cooking behind the stove next to the fireplace, there is a feeling of being outside on the terrace. The dining and kitchen area have high ceilings up to 3.35m1. On this particular place the S-shaped design opens towards the terrace, gardens and waterfront by an enormous full height glass section at right angles. For this critically important window frames we used the unique Swiss designed and manufactured Sky-frame product which gave us the possibility to integrate all frames flush in walls, ceiling and floors. The only visible frame is the one between the fixed and sliding window with a width of less than one inch.

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Villa S2 IJburg in Amsterdam

Villa S2 IJburg in Amsterdam

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