Sustainable Apartment in Amsterdam by Firm Architects
A sustainable apartment. Unique and made to measure. Firm architects designed and realized a conceptual living environment from scratch.
A sustainable apartment. Unique and made to measure. Firm architects designed and realized a conceptual living environment from scratch.
In a former industrial area in the north of Amsterdam, this apartment building was built for people providing freedom to all co-design their own homes.
Within this oasis, we wanted to develop a home that both focuses on the connection between daily life and the green garden around the villa, as the value of this location with respect to the surrounded residents.
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