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VMX Architects . photos: © Marcel van der Burg . archdaily

The former Philips area. The Strijp-S ensemble in Eindhoven was designed and built during the second machine age. The machine and the factory became predominant, resulting in a truly efficient and rational expression. The industrial logistics and technical principles of the Philips manufacturing process, inspired by Ford and Taylor, resulted in a collection of buildings with a very different look. An autonomous piece of the city with strictly organized and physically connected buildings. An urban system of streets and squares where long lines prevailed and functionality was sacred. Continue reading VMX Architects

VMX Architects . photos: © Marcel Van der Burg . © Jeroen Musch

In a nature area between Amsterdam, Amstelveen and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, lies an island measuring 1200m2. Here, VMX Architects is designing a 500m2 house. It is the house of the architect. The starting point for the concept was the perception of the landscape, the distant high buildings of the Zuidas business area as well as the view of the aeroplanes travelling to and from the nearby airport. Continue reading VMX