Case Study: Borneo 18 Architect: MVRDV
Borneo 18, third house from left or right of image
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The private house on plot 18 features a 4.2 x 16 meter plot, with a 4-meter deep garden on the waterfront. It consists of three floors. On the second floor, an extra bathroom and bedroom block protrudes at the rear facing the water, creating a spacious long cross-section within two closed elements. The remaining irregular space houses the kitchendiner, sitting room and study, all spatially connected to one another. A series of rooms have been created differing in height and degree of privacy. Each are connected with the exterior in their own individual way, ranging from a twostorey veranda facing the water, to a balcony with French windows to the living room, a glass bay window to the bedroom and a roof garden to the studio in the attic. ²
Section 1 ¹ Hoppenbrouwer, E , Hoppenbrouwer Mixed-use development Theory and practice in Amsterdam’s Eastern Docklands.. 7 ed , Vol . Vol. 13 . 2005 European Planning Studies . p-975 – 978 ² ‘Borneo 12/18: Irregular Narrow Spaces’ ;http://www.busyboo.com/2011/11/06/narrow-house-borneo/ (accessed September 2014 )