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curaçao:
The large, double-height living room has glass façades with sliding
doors on three sides. The fourth side is formed by the multifunctional
back wall of the kitchen. When the sliding doors are open, you find
yourself almost sitting outside. It explains Jan's reference to a house
on Curaçao that inspired him: ‘This house was nothing more than a
large canopy in a walled garden, with underneath a kitchen, places to
sit and other functions. Only for sleeping a closed room was built. The
contact with the outside was optimal. I wanted to achieve something
similar here.’
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