Watertower of Living / Zecc Architecten
Architect: Zecc Architecten
Location: Soest, The Netherlands
Project Architects: Marnix van der Meer, Rolf Bruggink
Collaborators: Tara Steenvoorden, Niek Wagemans
Contractor: Aannemingsbedrijf R. Middelkoop
Project year: 2004
Photographs: Zecc Architecten
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The water tower, which dates from 1931, was converted into an unparalled twenty-first-century home spread over nine levels. Many challenges are faced in the design: letting more daylight in and strengthening the relationship with the back courtyard by inserting a three-level high window frame; maintaining the interior’s industrial characteristics by working with materials like steel, concrete and glass; and in the tower, ensuring an effective, efficient layout for several small round rooms that lay one on top of the other, while preserving the tower’s spaciousness.
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What an innovative, unique yet modest project this is. CRAQUER.
Yes indeed, I love it too. Would love to see it in real life
Very fun. And to put the bathroom beneath the former tank, nice touch. Too bad they didn’t have the shower spray coming out of one of the former pipes from the tank. Regardless, very nicely executed.
Great!
What are the dimensions of each floor?
No elevator?
fantastic
Amazing !
Watertowr in Slovakia /EU/, Bratislava – Atelier BKPS architekti
http://www.asb.sk/?article_print=2299
http://www.bkps.sk/kusy-panak/projekty11.html#
seen a few analogues in the uk, just in those cases the watertowers were of a smaller size. It does look nice and they idea of living in a water tower is quite attractive but still guys – 9 levels and no elevator?
Go upstair and downstairs 9 levels every day is funny.
Living in this nice place will keep people in shape!!!
where is the kitchen???
my knees started to hurt…
Very cool and fun idea of reusing the space i like it !!!!
9 levels only upstairs: down is by rope!
I second Joao………..where is the kitchen??!
Keuken = Kitchen -> Groundfloor
Very Cool Adaptation… it would be neat to live in a water tower like this one. Great!
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