Broekhof Schuit
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Amsterdam + Rotterdam

We puzzle
with space.

Architecture that challenges the brief and makes everyday life unexpectedly generous.

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The Bow Tie house extension framed by its garden
The Bow Tie Amsterdam, NL

We challenge the brief, the site and ourselves.

We research the spatial, social, cultural and environmental relationships of every project. Local conditions and sustainability are implicit in every puzzle.

Work

All fifteen projects in one list. Pick one to open it in full.

The Bow TieTransformation Wedge HouseTransformation Office in a WarehouseWorkspace House on the HillHouse Conservatory RoomExtension Housing in a ForestIn planning DIY Rural HouseFamily house DIY Art ShedArtist studio A Gap in the DikeTransformation Elderly Housing in the PolderIn planning Happy FrankensteinExtension Between Trees and SkyApartment Going Green, Seeing YellowRenovation Three Layers of BambooInterior House en-suiteRenovation
The Bow Tie
The Bow Tie Transformation, Amsterdam

Recent work in depth

Built spaces, transformations and studies. Select a project to see the puzzle behind it.

Colourful interior of The Bow Tie The Bow TieTransformation, Amsterdam Open project The tall internal street of Wedge House Wedge HouseTransformation, Haarlem Open project Office in a converted Amsterdam warehouse Office in a WarehouseWorkspace, Amsterdam Open project House on the Hill viewed from its garden House on the HillHouse, Amersfoort Open project Light-filled Conservatory Room opening to a garden Conservatory RoomExtension, Amsterdam Open project Housing study set within a forest in Zeist Housing in a ForestApartments, Zeist Open project

Context is not a constraint. It is the material.

A kink in a plot, a hidden level, weak beams or a narrow wedge can become the organising idea of a project.

Abstract paper model exploring folded planes and spatial connections Pencil study of the same folded planes and spatial connections

A practice for architecture and urbanism.

Broekhof Schuit Architecten is a space-puzzling architecture office based in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Bas Schuit and Steven Broekhof are the two partners. Whether the puzzle is a shop conversion or an apartment building, the ambition is the same: a built environment that exceeds expectations.

Portrait of architect Bas Schuit
Bas SchuitArchitect, partner
Portrait of architect Steven Broekhof
Steven BroekhofArchitect, partner
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Bas Schuit

Bas graduated as an architect from the Academy of Architecture Amsterdam in 2013. His work combines functional clarity with strong spatial quality, with a particular focus on dwellings and housing where design and development move forward together.

A building is never static. Bas designs versatile spaces that make room for both social life and seclusion, using atmosphere and material to support how a place can change over time.

In his own words: "An architecture that is unnoticeably well composed."

Education

2013Master of Architecture, Academy of Architecture Amsterdam

2006Bachelor of Built Environment, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

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Steven Broekhof

Steven graduated cum laude as an architect from the Academy of Architecture Amsterdam in 2012, after completing a master of architecture at the Berlin University of the Arts in 2010. He continued at the Strelka Institute in Moscow, researching the future of living in the city.

His work explores the boundary between built and unbuilt environments, ranging from spatial and architectural interventions to urban and landscape strategies. Alongside practice, Steven has been a guest teacher at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam since 2015.

Education

2014Postgraduate in Urbanism and Urban Development, Strelka Institute

2012Master of Architecture, cum laude, Academy of Architecture Amsterdam

2010Master of Architecture, Berlin University of the Arts

2006Bachelor of Building Physics, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

From the inside out

House on the Hill was designed from its interior outward, using the entire slope of the site.

With the people who use it

The warehouse headquarters was developed together with the employees who work there.

Named by the client

The Bow Tie is the clients' own word for the four angled planes of their garden facade.