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Project • By vit-b • Apartments
OG227C - Renovation of a monumental attic
A building with a rich history dating back to the 14th Century, listed on the national list of monuments (status: Rijksmonument), is since long time in residential use. The 73m2 attic however had no possible function but storage as no daylight entered the room. Insulation of the roof, bringing in daylight through the introduction of roof windows and two dormers formed the boundary conditions to make domestic use of this attic possible. The design of a compact sanitary cell unit and a kitchen allows the attic to function as an independent apartment.
The design and planning of this renovation was a delicate process whereby a balance had to be found between the contemporary wishes of the residents and the historic identity and material of t... More
Project • By vit-b • Student Housing
KVZ587 - Interior
This room needed a new flooring, which could function as a total make-over for the apartment. We wanted to create a creative, stunning experience with the use of simple materials, available at the local DIY-shop. Therefore we chose to give the L-shaped room a laminate floor composed out of three different colours of the same click laminate product.
To accentuate the thinness and 'fakeness' of the material (it's supposed to look like wood) besides combining different colours, the laminate was rotated 30 degrees and folded as a sheet of paper onwards the wall. Where the laminate meets the socket-outlet, an even simple as sophisticated solution is introduced by just drilling four holes in the laminate.
This small-scale project became re... More