Dutch architectural firm Marc Koehler Architects has created the House Like Village. With the transformation of an old harbor-cantina on KNSM eiland in Amsterdam into large apartments, this building changed function but kept its identity. Completed in 2011, this 1,722 square, the house is composed from 4 smaller ‘houses’, containing the more private spaces and supporting facilities. In between them, and open multifunctional space emerges (the streets), and natural daylight enters deep into the house. The enclosed volumes also work as climate compartments and limit the energy use. In the future the functional space can be enlarged by building extra ‘houses’ in the space now left open.
