Article source: Zecc Architecten BV 

The project involves the transformation and expansion of a railway cottage next to station Santpoort-Noord. The railway house is on one side bordered by the railway line between Amsterdam and IJmuiden and on the other side by the National Park South Kennemerland. The contrast between the straight metal rails and the softness of the dunes is the basic idea for the metamorphosis of this railway house. The hardness of steel, concrete and glass across waving grass, shells and wood.

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• Architects: Zecc Architecten BV 
• Project: Rail House
• Location: Kennemergaardeweg 1, Santpoort, The Netherlands
• Photography: Cornbread Works
• Project Architects: Marnix van der Meer, Steven Nobel
• Contributors: Bart Kellerhuis, René de Korte, Jeffrey van Schoonhoven
• Program: Dwelling
• Client: Private client 
• Start design: 2009
• Completion: 2012
• Floor surface: 190 m²
• Volume: 560 m³
• Solid interior: Zecc Architecten / Jeroen van Zwetselaar, ZW6
• Loose interior & Styling: Jeroen van Zwetselaar, ZW6
• Contractor: Tervoort Egmond
• Software used: AutoCAD