Double House, MVRDV

Located in Utrecht, Netherlands, Double House by MVRDV proves how an apparently simple task can be resolved in a nontrivial way.

The Architects,  Bjarne Mastenbroek and Winy Maas, were charged by two families to separate one single site in a beautiful park and to give the same privileges to both of them: the view of the park, the garden and the roof.

Therefore the choice of the designers was to adopt a "push and pull" pattern (which refers to Le Corbusier's duplex) wherewith they apparently responded to the need of the two families to have their own lives. Instead they deny that by using huge glass windows for the views and by placing the heart of the apartments (the two living rooms with one staircase each) in the core of the whole building. 

A.G.