Bed and Bunker collection reinvents disused Dutch bunkers as retreats
An eight-piece collection of furniture by designer Remko Verhaagen is part of an initiative to rehabilitate disused war bunkers along the Dutch coast to use as holiday homes and artist retreats.
The non-profit Stelling 33 Foundation launched in 2013 with the aim of exploring the potential of the Dutch remnants of a 5000-kilometre defence line along the coast from Norway to Spain.
Used by the Germans during world war two, the Atlantic Wall was manned 24/7 using a network of bunkers.
Bed and Bunker is its pilot project and focuses on refurbishing some of the German war bunkers that litter the Dutch coastline into inhabitable retreats for holiday-makers and artists.
Many of the bunkers are located in protected areas of nature, where new construction is discouraged. "With the concept we offer a 'camouflaged' and sustainable alternative for coastal cultivation and in addition take care of the cultural heritage and surrounding nature," explained Stelling 33 co-founder and chairman Peter de Krom.
Stelling 33 commissioned Verhaagen, founder of Rotterdam-based studio Blooey, to create interiors that responded to the standardised German designs that were once used to fit-out the bunkers.
"We wanted to experiment with a standard interior, based on the originals, but designed for a peaceful future," said de Krom.
"Remko looked at the original bunker furniture, which was very functional, solid, but also closed and aggressive sometimes. He turned this complet...
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