Supermodern 1920’s Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht is a Simple, Elegant and Completely Transformable Home

Wouldn't it be great if we could easily transform our homes to suit the weather, our mood or simply our changing practical needs? Perhaps one of the first—and still quite extraordinary—examples of <a title="Super modern 1924 Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht is Simple, Elegant and Completely Transformable" href="http://inhabitat.com/led-trask-light-from-mio/" target="_blank">transformable</a> architecture is the <a title="Super modern 1924 Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht is Simple, Elegant and Completely Transformable" href="http://centraalmuseum.nl/bezoeken/locaties/rietveld-schroederhuis/" target="_blank">Rietveld Schröderhuis</a>, built in Utrecht in 1924. Custom-designed by <a title="Super modern 1924 Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht is Simple, Elegant and Completely Transformable" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Rietveld" target="_blank">Gerrit Rietveld</a> for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and her three children after the death of her husband, this beautifully functional home follows <a title="Super modern 1924 Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht is Simple, Elegant and Completely Transformable" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Stijl" target="_blank">De Stijl</a>'s principles of harmonious order and incorporates bold primary colors and geometric shapes while adapting to its inhabitants' needs and lifestyle.

For making this classic adaptable home, Rietveld worked side by side with Mrs. Schroder trying to please her crazy-at-the-time ideas of living without walls and having a strong inside-outside connection.

The only building ever made following the basis of De Stijl movement, this home is visually simple and uses only primary colors (in combination with white, grey and black), geometric shapes and vertical and horizontal directions.

The outside-inside boundaries seem to blur, thanks to its many windows that open up completely, at right angles welcoming nature indoors.

Simple and straightforward house was made using long-lasting, affordable and standard materials like concrete, glass and wood.

A doorbell and a long horizontal window that only open a small area to receive the post straight to the working desk inside.

A Zig Zag chair was used to sitting at the kitchen's table while functional glazed food cabinets have been painted black only where they would get dirty.

Upstairs, three bedrooms and a living room area around a central staircase and fireplace can be dynamically turned into a open big open space when opening wide up the sliding the walls.

Featuring only essential beautiful objects like the Red and Blue Chair and pop-up furniture, everything around the house is designed for "an active attitude to life".

An exuberant experiment or just a home for a strong woman that knew exactly how she wanted to live, the Rietveld Schröderhuis is now open as a museum that can be visited with advanced reservation.