01/03/2014
From Chris Collaris Design:
This completely renovated two-storied apartment with a small basement and a garden is situated in Amsterdam Watergraafsmeer. The apartment has been turned into a light and open space for living by raising the height of the existing ceiling and a new organisation of functional spaces around the existing staircase on the ground floor. The wardrobe, toilet and a part of the kitchen cabinets have been build around the existing staircase in order to get a clear organisation of entrance kitchen and living area. Ceiling high glass doors have been used for a light entrance hall and central part of the living room. The visual connection through the glass doors makes the entrance hall and living area feel like one big connected space.
The deep living space has been functionally divided into a lounge area with a fireplace in the front and a dining and kitchen area in the back of the apartment. The lounge and dining area are connected with a multifunctional cabinet in the centre of the living room, which serves the apartment with a book, dvd and crockery set storage space and a working bay desk. The cabinet is made out of birch wood panels with a white high pressure laminate top layer. In order to get enough natural daylight in the middle part of the living area the ceiling has been raised, which maximises the daylight potential of the existing windows in the front and back of the apartment. Also the oak wood floor has a soft white wash finish in order to make a more light living area in the full deepness of the apartment.
The dining area in the back of the apartment has been enlarged by an extention of the house with glass doors towards the garden. A small bar area has been situated in between the open kitchen and dining area.
On the first floor, a reorganisation of the existing ground plan has been made in order to make three bedrooms, a bathroom, and a small workspace. The washing machine and tumble dryer are situated in a hidden cabinet in the connecting hall. In the long section, the hall has two ceiling high sliding doors towards the workspace in the front and a small bedroom in the back of the apartment. The wardrobe closets in the bedrooms have been made with oak wood veneer panels with a white wash finish. The master bedroom has a loggia terrace towards the garden.
PROJECT FACTS
Address: Zacharias Jansestraat, Amsterdam
Client: private
Architect: Chris Collaris Design
Project Team: Chris Collaris & Teresa Avellà
Metres squared: 139 m2
Photos: copyrights Tim van de Velde
Constructor: NOVO bouw
Interior build: Kastwerk
Materials: oak wood floor with white wash finish, cabinets in birch wood panels with white high pressure laminate top layer, wardrobe panels with oak wood veneer and white wash finish, spray painted white doors, glass doors: Struktglas
Furniture: Brett Baguette chair, Quetsch und Tube Vases and Sunrise Lamp by Michael Schoner. Wall Primitive Lamp, Coat Stand, Prefab DIY chair, Match Table & Armor sideboard by Dave Keune. Table chair and Barstool by Paul Heijnen. Medici chair and stool by Konstantin Grcic for Mattiazzi (Workshop of Wonders, Utrecht) Bunny chair by Kazuyo Sejima for Maruni (Workshop of Wonders, Utrecht), Radice by Sam Hecht for Mattiazzi & Herrenberger Hocker by Atelier Haussman (Workshop of Wonders, Utrecht),DCW chair by Eames for Vitra, Steel Stool by Cees Braakman for Tomado / Pastoe, Slim Table by Bertjan Pot for Arco. Yellow cabinet by Eb Ontwerp. Context Concrete Lamp & Pixel Blow up Caravaggio by Chris Collaris Design, 3-Vase by NL Architects for Cor-Unum Contemporary Ceramics. Tabouret Solvay by Jean Prouvé, Vitra for G-STAR RAW.
Custom made kitchen & cabinets.
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