We have created a no-nonsense spatial concept which honours the industrial history of this impressive building. Using materials, textures and colours that derive from the building itself, we've designed an interior that effortlessly merges with its environment. The Living Room hosts a library, coffee bar, reading table, podcast lounge, a cosy fireplace and a fine viewpoint to gaze across the North Sea Channel..
The Living Room invites the visitors to spend a whole day, reading, studying, have a cup of tea and watch the passing ships. The exhibition curators fill the shelves of the library, host lectures and program the lounge with podcasts and films. The 6 meter long reading table is ready for debates or for reading from the carefully chosen selection of magazines.
The project is set up as a pilot version, everyting is tested, the program, the building and the people it attracts. After about three years it is planned to be rebuild to it’s definate shape.
To facilitate this experimental, learning by doing, fase we have designed the space to be flexible, partly modular and sustainable. We have altered nothing to the building but added spacial elements to facilitate these first experiments.