Dutch architect Rolf Bruggink used every scrap of material from the demolition of an old office to transform this 19th-century coach house in Utrecht into a home and workspace, which includes a bath overlooking the lounge.

Bruggink bought the coach house in the city's affluent Maliebaan district along with its surrounding land and outbuildings, which included a timber office building erected in 1955.
When he decided to demolish this latter building, Bruggink made use of its materials to fit out the empty shell of the coach house.

"House of Rolf is an architectural project where upcycling and the re-use of materials as well as cradle-to-cradle principles are applied," said the architect.
"The self-formulated goal of the project was to use all the materials of the office building, leaving nothing to waste."
The coach house was originally built in 1895 in the garden of an aristocrat's home. The rectangular building features a 5.5-metre-high ceiling supported by five trusses that divide the interior visually into six bays.
Bruggink and his girlfriend Yffi van den Berg, who also lives in the house, developed a proposal to compartmentalise the interior space into three zones, each comprising two of the bays.

The first area is open-planned to emphasise the generous proportions of the building's internal volume. Large original barn-style doors open onto this space, which stretches up to the ceiling and features a black wall covered with artworks.

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