08. Staircase from first to second floor, landing
When you reach the second-floor landing, you'll see various grey cupboard doors. Some of these have spaces behind them containing pipes, so that they can be accessed from anywhere in the house. The hatchway next to the door of the blue bedroom leads to the laundry chute. Leo Kooy, Mr and Mrs Sonneveld's grandson, said this was one of his favourite places to play.
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Sonneveld House is one of the best-preserved houses in the Dutch Functionalist style. The villa was designed in 1933 by architecture firm Brinkman and Van der Vlugt for Albertus Sonneveld, a director of the Van Nelle Factory.
- Museumpark 25
- Rotterdam Netherlands
- 010 440 1200
- hetnieuweinstituut.nl
