Reflections of the Past Apartment, Amsterdam Interior Architecture, Netherlands, Dutch Design
Reflections of the Past Apartment in Amsterdam
19 July 2021
Design: Firm Architects
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Reflections of the Past Apartment
The wish of the client was a special private residence in Amsterdam. The aim was to create an honest, masculine, and architectural space with the largest possible usable floor space. No standard home, no compromises. Reflections of the Past is a sustainable apartment. Unique and made to measure. Firm architects designed and realized a conceptual living environment from scratch.

Environment

The floor of the building, located in the popular district De Pijp, was formerly used as an attic and was not suitable for living in. To turn this old attic into a livable space, the previous owner raised the roof about fifty centimeters a few years ago. After this, it was sold as a renovation object to the current owner.
Concept: ?reflections?

The new elevation of the space was realized by making a ring of dirty masonry around the old base. Laying the largely renewed roof beams on top. This principle of the space itself, a new elevation on an old basis, has become the starting point for the design. In the design, the entire space is visibly ?cut through.? This cross-section is placed at a height of 95 centimeters above the floor. Above the horizontal cross-section, everything is new and covered in rendered and isolated walls. Sleek and fi...