Artoteek
Type: Interior design and furniture Location: Denneweg 25, The Hague Client: Artoteek Den Haag Team: Bart Reuser, Marijn Schenk, Michel Schreinemachers, John van de Water with Ica van Tongeren, Joost Lemmens Collaborator / associate: Architectencombinatie Bos Rosdorff Wiebing Carpenter: Morowood First design: 2004-09-01 Status: Completed
For the Artoteek in Den Haag, renovated by Bos Rosdorff Wiebing architects, NEXT architects developed the interior design and a series of furniture including working desks and a reading table.
The design concept of the furniture has been based on an array of parallel plywood slats; the shape of the slats has been adapted for various functions such as the storage of a painting, the support of a computer and the storage of magazines.
Invited by NEXT architects, designer Ica van Tongeren developed a special tile for the restroom of the Artoteek, which is housed in a historic building.
Based on the existing Delft Blue toilet and washbasin she used the coat of arms of The Hague - a stork with an eel in its beak- as the motif in the design of the tiles. By adjusting the scale of the storks she created a sense of space in the relatively small restroom. The images have been transferred to the tiles using a special glazing process through which the images are permanently rendered onto the tiles.
