ijburg 23

The project contains 64 dwellings. Given the assumption that people move to suburbia – i.e. IJburg – to have both privacy and a garden, VMX designed a block with an inner court.

Although the suburban dream of a house with a garden and parking space had been suppressed in the official descriptions of IJburg, Amsterdam, these qualities were taken as a starting point for the design of Block 23. The building consists of 25 houses and 28 apartments, with eight different housing types. Unusual for an IJburg building, the organisation around an inner court provides each of the houses with a small garden and double orientation. At the entrances of the houses, an inviting seating area enhances the connection with the street and collective green space.

Winner of Zuiderkerkprijs 2002 and Winner Zuiderkerkprijs 2006

3 floors, 2 entrances

Every house on the ground floor has 2 entrances. One leads to the floors above, to a big living room and kitchen and the bed rooms on the 2nd floor. The other entrance is for the ground floor. One can use the ground floor as a separate apartment or a studio.