Loft Lloydkwartier

Sint-Jobsweg, Delfshaven, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Loft Lloydkwartier

Sint-Jobsweg, Delfshaven, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Firm

123DV Modern Villas
Liong Lie Architects

Type

Residential › Private House

YEAR

2005

Loft LloydkwartierCollaborators: Wies Nordman, Anne Harmsen
Sliding doors, whirlpool: Vincent de Rijk
Structure: Kees Willem Neeleman
Building physics: Cauberg Huygens
Pictures: Christiaan de Bruijne
A loft in a former warehouse in the harbour of
Rotterdam
The characteristic of the dwelling is its
spaciousness, which exists because of a surplus of space. To maintain this
quality, the program of the dwelling is placed into the space in two separate
elements. The two elements both have their own materiality and are placed in
the space on their own way.

The bedrooms are as one element half
sunken into the floor. It is cladded in natural stone as an echo of the facing
quay. Glass facades with sliding doors provide daylight entrance. In a way the
bedrooms appear as a house in the open space. The roof is like a podium for
living. There is a built in kitchen and a whirlpool with a view of the harbour.
The whirlpool is used as a wet chaise longue.
Another
element, a children’s’ bedroom is added. The functionality of this is extended
by also creating a hidden cupboard inside. This element is placed in the open
space in a way that the open cupboard in the wall runs behind it and the
spaciousness remains. It is a tactile element, because of the clothed panels it
presents it selves as a toy. The soft material at the same time absorbs the
sounds in the space that merely consists of hard materials.