By Editor Design.nl / 24-06-2010

The new interior of a 1930s Amsterdam family apartment in the city's south designed by i29 is completely unrecognizable from its original state. Once cramped full of long corridors, doorways and small rooms without access to much light, the new interior looks the complete opposite. 

Walls have been torn down to create an open, spacious interior. A new central atrium with an open staircase and roof light increases the sense of light and connects the lower floor to the upper, which was formerly neglected as storage space. Alongside the white walls and floors, raw, light-coloured pinewood - used for its knots and roughness - unites the interior.

The house's central feature is a striking white kitchen cabinet made from laser-cut mdf. A open fractal pattern gradually expands towards the kitchen forming a dynamic mixture of open and closed cabinets. The holes also function as integrated handgrips to open the cabinets. Strategically, the cabinets house the new steel structure which supports the new interior. "What we're most happy about is the transformation from an old, dusty and dark house into a dwelling full of light and spaciousness," comment i29. "Unless (or because) we used simple materials and a clean layout, it became a strong and clear result."

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