Thomas Geerlings converts canal-side Amsterdam warehouse into modern residence

The inventive director of design studio Framework has turned a uncared for 19th-century warehouse in Amsterdam into an opulent household residence for his spouse and two kids.

The home is positioned alongside the waters of the town’s Prinsengracht canal and occupies a disused warehouse that was initially constructed again in 1896.

Over time the five-storey constructing had fallen right into a state of just about full destroy, however proprietor Thomas Geerlings – founding father of native design studio Framework – noticed it as the best place to create his circle of relatives residence.

Framework first had to determine how one can work across the constructing’s meagre 50-square-metre footprint and slim four-metre-wide facade, which was permitting little or no pure gentle into the rear inner rooms.

The studio determined to insert a black-framed glass roof above the kitchen. As the house would not have a backyard, Geerlings additionally ensured that the roof was retractable in order that, in good climate, the room will be opened as much as the outside.

Immediately beneath sits an extended timber desk and broad, olive-green eating chairs that have been customized made by the studio. Gray marble has been used to craft a splashback and chunky countertop above the kitchen’s low-lying cabinetry.

A white display painted with summary emerald-coloured shapes has been erected on the rear of the house.

Though the studio initially needed to strip away many of the constructing’s dilapidated inside, a structural partition on the primary flooring needed to be left in place.

It now divides a proper eating space and a nook with a five-metre-long bench seat the place the dad and mom can work or the 2 children can do arts and crafts.

The opposite facet of the primary flooring accommodates a sitting room.

It is dressed with a stone-topped espresso desk, couch upholstered in deep inexperienced corduroy and an enormous portray. Made by Italian artist Lamberto Teotino Titolo, it’s a playful tackle conventional work by the Dutch masters.

Oakwood floorboards run all through, complementing the partitions which have been loosely rendered in concrete stucco.

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“The unique character of the constructing made us return to the tough gray tones and wood flooring,” Geerlings informed Dezeen.

Bolder colors, supplies and furnishings seem in different rooms of the home. Surfaces have been painted dusky pink in one of many child’s bedrooms, the place there’s a classic statue of Disney character Pluto.

The house’s entryway additionally has veiny pure stone flooring and a zebra rocking horse that Geerlings had handmade in England.

Framework was established by Thomas Geerlings in 2006 and has workplaces in Ibiza, Paris and Amsterdam.

Geerling’s home joins a variety of placing houses that line the Dutch capital’s canalways – others embody this loft condominium designed by Normal Studio, which options expansive skylights and a central open-air courtyard.

Pictures is by Kasia Gatkowska.