This space can be used in various ways business presentations, film screenings or, for example, a house concert. The new interventions made with white, modern volumes and walnut parts complete this balance.Īfter the entrance you step via the hanging staircase through an incision in the reservoir to the fifth floor, where there is a free space in the rounded bottom part of the reservoir. Together with the floated concrete floor, they give the house a warm and industrial character. The rust-colored steel walls of the reservoir are visible throughout the house. The space becomes more and more open towards the top, creating a spectacular succession of floors, voids and views. In the 'journey' upwards, the more private functions have been placed at the bottom, such as guest rooms, relaxation area and storage space. The warm rust color and the brickwork made visible again, combined with the white and walnut wood of the new interventions, provide a light, warm and unique entrance to the house. The bottom of the water tank, made of sheet steel with coarse rivets, is clearly visible here. Here is the entrance and access to a private elevator. The house starts on the fourth floor on the concrete leak floor. When the facade is fully opened, a compact loggia is created in the house as an outdoor space.Īt the top of the water tower, in the former water reservoir, is a house of 400 m2 over six floors. For the studio apartments, three large openings have been made in the facade as a new 'time layer' with steel folding doors in a Corten steel frame. A solution that gives an exclusive feeling and at the same time saves space. From the elevator you step directly into the apartment. There was sufficient height on these layers to create a compact volume with a sleeping area on the mezzanine floor and with integrated kitchen, bathroom and (lift) shaft at the bottom. The character of the sturdy brickwork and the wooden or concrete beams has been preserved here as much as possible. In the lower part of the water tower, from the first to the third floor, three identical studio apartments have been realized on the existing floors. Interventions that have been carefully integrated into the Amsterdam School architecture of the more than 100-year-old monument. The challenge for this design lay in creating good daylight openings, a beautiful outdoor area with a view of the Dom and good access with a lift and safe stairwell. In 2012, the dilapidated national monument was purchased by a private client and Zecc made the design for the transformation into an exclusive six-storey residence (in the former water reservoir), three apartments (in the lower part of the tower) and a commercial space on the ground floor. The exposition culminates with entry to the observation hall, which offers panoramic views of Prague.After years of vacancy, the water tower in Utrecht has been given a new destination. It is designed around maximal use of multimedia elements – by means of videomapping, animations, video-art and virtual reality, the visitor is acquainted with the role of water towers, the theme of fire or tales of Prague firefighters. It houses an unusual topical exposition: “Prague on Fire”. This heritage monument underwent a complete overhaul recently, and in 2017 became fit to open to the public for the first time. The tower served its original purpose until 1877. Water from the river was first mechanically pumped into a holding tanks at the top of the tower, then fed through wooden pipes down the tower shaft to the ground floor, from where it was fed by other pipe to the city’s fountains and houses. It supplied water from the Vltava River to the lower part of the New Town of Prague. The water tower in its present form was built in 1658. At present, the Baroque tower hosts a permanent exposition dedicated to fires that afflicted Prague over the centuries and in more recent times. The tower is deemed to be Prague’s earliest lookout tower, thanks to the observation room on the top floor. The historic water tower is located on the right bank of the Vltava River on the site of the former New Mills.
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