Monday
30 September
VIVA ON THE ROAD:
Some shots from our trip to Rotterdam 🙌🏻 ☀️
#vivagoesabroad #vivaarchitecture #rotterdam #teambuilding #depotboijmansvanbeuningen #vivaoutofoffice
Thursday
22 August
DUO HOUSE:
A balanced use of new materials and old materials, that are made visible again, provide a warm, homely yet contemporary atmosphere within the home.
📸 @koenbroos.be
#antwerp #historicalhouses #oldandnew #renovation #extension #interiordesign #interiorlovers #interiordesigner #interiorporn #vivaarchitecture
Wednesday
21 August
DUO HOUSE:
The bathroom is designed open with limited single partition walls that create an interesting play. In a square cross, the walls form three areas: a shower, a bathtub and a changing area with large mirrors. The central arrangement invites you to walk around it. Finished with white tiles and black grout, it perfectly matches the home's characterful, authentic use of existing materials and some additions in black-and-white.
📸 @koenbroos.be
#antwerp #historicalhouses #oldandnew #renovation #extension #interiordesign #interiorlovers #interiordesigner #interiorporn #vivaarchitecture
Tuesday
20 August
DUO HOUSE:
The living functions are deliberately created on the highest floor, on the one hand to enjoy the view over the inner city and on the other to ensure privacy above the bustle of the city life. The roof terrace provides a safe place to relax high above the city.
On the upper floors, several perforations are made between the two buildings to link them and to realize a house for 5 residents with contemporary comfort.
The proposed interventions are always made with the original design of the buildings as the primary goal. The original layout of the spaces is retained, or it is turned into one larger space.
📸 @koenbroos.be
#antwerp #historicalhouses #oldandnew #renovation #extension #interiordesign #interiorlovers #interiordesigner #interiorporn #vivaarchitecture
Monday
19 August
DUO HOUSE:
In the historic city center of Antwerp two listed buildings are merged into a family home. One of the houses is a monument and must be retained in its entirety. The second house is included in the heritage building inventory.
The challenge is to create a house full of natural light and private outside spaces. By opening up the individual buildings to one another and at the back, spacious open plan rooms are created.
Given the low headroom of the rooftop level, we demolished the existing roof in order to create a fully-fledged and usable space. The historic value of the roof is low and is being replaced by a mansard roof. At the rear a terrace is arranged within the volume of the mansard roof.
The roof structure and roof truss of the listed building are made fully visible and restored in the interior. At the rear of the house we provide a full glass facade from the lowest point of the gable roof down to create a fully usable space here.
📸 @koenbroos.be
#antwerp #historicalhouses #oldandnew #renovation #extension #interiordesign #interiorlovers #interiordesigner #interiorporn #vivaarchitecture
Thursday
8 August
WHITE HOUSING:
The ground floor was reserved for commercial use. This space runs through the entire building and was expanded with a light wooden structure at the height of the courtyard. Timber construction is a conscious choice, often applied by VIVA, because of numerous interesting advantages. Some of the most important advantages for this project are that building in wood is CO2 neutral and it's low wheight to build on the existing underground parking.
Other strategic and sustainable choices were the preservation of the basement, the fire escape, the stairwells and part of the rear facade. The VIVA team always look at what is already present in a project and try to reuse it before adding new materials. This not only gives more patina and personality to a project, but is also more sustainable.
📸 @koenbroos.be
#reconversion #officesbecomeresidential #upcycle #architecture_best #belgianarchitecture #archilovers #architectureporn #architecture_hunter #thebna #wallpaper #thisisantwerp #maakdeleienwitter #dezeen #whitebuilding #brodyinvest #vivaarchitecture
Wednesday
7 August
WHITE HOUSING:
The building with a concrete column structure and rib floor, and infill facade with glass and aluminum proved to be quite reusable and flexible. A smart plan with a good mix of studios, two and one-room apartments with a total of 23 homes spread over 7 floors, 2 roof apartments and an office on the ground floor, was drawn up.
VIVA Architecture designed a new facade in line with the residential function. The terraces that extend along the entire width of the facade enhance the rhythmic graphic character of the facade. The large windows offer an open view over the wide boulevard and natural daylight through out the day.
📸 @koenbroos.be
#reconversion #officesbecomeresidential #upcycle #architecture_best #belgianarchitecture #archilovers #architectureporn #architecture_hunter #thebna #wallpaper #thisisantwerp #maakdeleienwitter #dezeen #whitebuilding #brodyinvest #vivaarchitecture
Tuesday
6 August
WHITE HOUSING:
With the reconstruction of the Antwerp Leien and the Operaplein, the 19th and 20th century boulevard has undergone a metamorphosis. VIVA Architecture transforms the late-modernist office building from 1968 into residential apartments.
All components of the facade: wall panels, window frames, railings, ... are white and this was a conscious choice. It is a contemporary interpretation of 19th century white plastered facades typical of Antwerp's city centre, which was then called the "white city". This makes the building appear neutral and light, yet distinguishes itself in the long row of facades of buildings on the Leien.
📸 @koenbroos.be
#reconversion #officesbecomeresidential #upcycle #architecture_best #belgianarchitecture #archilovers #architectureporn #architecture_hunter #thebna #wallpaper #thisisantwerp #maakdeleienwitter #dezeen #whitebuilding #brodyinvest #vivaarchitecture
Sunday
14 July
Enjoy the summer holiday, greetings from the VIVA team! See you in August! ☀️☀️👋🏻
Friday
5 July
3 DOORS:
A large continuous chocolate-brown volume holds the kitchen appliances, a cooking island and built-in cupboards. This volume emphasizes the length of the room and divides it into two separate zones. Entrance, storage space and bathroom on one side, kitchen, dining area and living room on the other.
The limited free height, a consequence of the concrete mushroom-structure of the building, is visually enlarged by the verticality of the slats and the built-in cupboards.
Colors, materials and finishes are intentionally warm and homely and deliberately contrast with the modernist industrial style of the old warehouse.
📸 @jonahsamyn
📸 @koenbroos.be
#interiorporn #kitchenmaterials #contrastinmaterials #kitchendesign #designedkitchen #homey #vivaarchitecture #interiordesign #loft #creatingspace #archilovers #loftdesign #interiorlovers #interiorantwerp #interieurantwerpen