Unconventional House: VMX’s Minimalism Marries Ruralism

<ins style="display:inline-table;border:none;height:15px;margin:0;padding:0;position:relative;visibility:visible;width:468px"></ins><div class="post-social"> <span></span><div class="twitter-share-button-div"> </div></div><p>It’s not warm. It’s not inviting. And to a novice its aesthetics wouldn’t likely be considered attractive. The Sodae house by <a href="http://www.vmxarchitects.nl/">VMX Architects</a> bears a vast floor plan that opens more like an urban loft than an island house. Some might see the Eastern European or Russian Communist austerity in its facade. The house was built on a Dutch island of only 1,200 square meters known as the Kostverlorenkade.</p><p>One important concept to consider is the house’s context. Its smooth, seemless skin helps soften its stark, minimalist design, helping it to therefore blend better into its natural setting. One could theorize too that its asymmetrical shape mimics nature well, nature in all of its exquisite imperfections. From the interior, one could also argue, the architect incorporated ample slanted windows to blur the boundaries between the indoors and outdoors, thereby mitigating the psychological difference between.</p> <a href="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sodae-front-elevation.jpg" title="sodae front elevation"><img alt="sodae front elevation" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="886" src="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sodae-front-elevation-665x886.jpg" title="sodae front elevation" width="665" /></a><br /><br /><div class="gallery-item"><div class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/interior-bedroom-view.jpg" title="interior bedroom view"><img alt="interior bedroom view" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="498" src="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/interior-bedroom-view-665x498.jpg" title="interior bedroom view" width="665" /></a><br /></div></div><div class="gallery-item"><div class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bedroom-shot.jpg" title="bedroom shot"><img alt="bedroom shot" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="346" src="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bedroom-shot-665x346.jpg" title="bedroom shot" width="665" /></a><br /></div></div><div class="gallery-item"><div class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/loo-view.jpg" title="loo view"><img alt="loo view" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="347" src="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/loo-view-665x347.jpg" title="loo view" width="665" /></a><br /></div></div><div class="gallery-item"><div class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/work-space.jpg" title="work space"><img alt="work space" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="886" src="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/work-space-665x886.jpg" title="work space" width="665" /></a><br /></div></div><div class="gallery-item"><div class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hidden-staircase.jpg" title="hidden staircase"><img alt="hidden staircase" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="347" src="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hidden-staircase-665x347.jpg" title="hidden staircase" width="665" /></a><br /></div></div><div class="gallery-item"><div class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/kitchen-view1.jpg" title="kitchen view"><img alt="kitchen view" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="886" src="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/kitchen-view1-665x886.jpg" title="kitchen view" width="665" /></a><br /></div></div><div class="gallery-item"><div class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/from-behind-kitchen-awesome-lighting.jpg" title="from behind kitchen awesome lighting"><img alt="from behind kitchen awesome lighting" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="498" src="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/from-behind-kitchen-awesome-lighting-665x498.jpg" title="from behind kitchen awesome lighting" width="665" /></a><br /></div></div><div class="gallery-item"><div class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/fireplace-view.jpg" title="fireplace view"><img alt="fireplace view" class="attachment-thumbnail" height="346" src="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/fireplace-view-665x346.jpg" title="fireplace view" width="665" /></a><br /></div></div><br /><p>Via <a href="http://www.contemporist.com/2010/06/10/the-sodae-house-by-vmx-architects/">Contemporist</a>.</p>

Unconventional House: VMX’s Minimalism Marries Ruralism

It’s not warm. It’s not inviting. And to a novice its aesthetics wouldn’t likely be considered attractive. The Sodae house by VMX Archite...

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