The Vecht area, between Maarsen and Vreeland, consists of a succession of 17th-century country estates with country houses, strung along the banks of the river Vecht. It was an out-of-town residence for rich merchants from Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age.

The requirement for the new development was for a house that bore the hallmarks of the Vecht region, with the classic volume and silhouette of 17th-century country houses. This condition implies a "cage" within which the design options are contained. Within the cage, each of the programmed components is hung as individual blocks. The programmed components are arranged in clusters that are stacked one on one, each having its own internal organization and height. They are organised as blocks that are placed or suspended within the given volume. The stacking of these blocks creates an intriguing, meandering and variously intervening space. This is the social space of the house and it both connects and separates all the rooms. It also functions as an acoustic buffer between separate components.

The landscape of the property may be interpreted as a collection of different gardens, each with its own plants and shrubs, character and use. There is a classic main garden with lawns and rhododendron, a vegetable garden, a wet wood, a dry wood, a reed bed and meadow – different “rooms” of the garden.