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Friendship Boat

Friendship Boat
Jeremy Vanmaele

Friendship Boat

What was the brief?
The Friendship boat is now the office of a remarkable advertising agency. A project to revive the infamous Badboot (a ferry that partially sank), restore it to its former glory and make it user-friendly, pleasant and modern.

The place takes visiting and working to a whole new level of collaboration, immersed in fresh, playful vegetation and colours that stimulate creativity and thinking outside the box.

photo_credit Jeremy Vanmaele
Jeremy Vanmaele
photo_credit Jeremy Vanmaele
Jeremy Vanmaele

Why dream of working in an exclusive location overlooking the water when you can be on the water itself?
When clients come to the boat, you offer them a whole new experience: coming on board for a meeting!

Transforming a famous, partially sunken ship was a challenge that Lucas Freire Architecture was happy to take on.

photo_credit Jeremy Vanmaele
Jeremy Vanmaele
photo_credit Jeremy Vanmaele
Jeremy Vanmaele

Team:
Architect: Lucas Freire Architecture
Other Participants: Friendship
Photography: Jeremy Vanmaele

photo_credit Jeremy Vanmaele
Jeremy Vanmaele
photo_credit Jeremy Vanmaele
Jeremy Vanmaele

Material Used:
1. Epoxy + Polyurethane - Liquid Flooring - Senso

photo_credit Jeremy Vanmaele
Jeremy Vanmaele
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