With designers and architects tripping in excess of by themselves to interpret the most up-to-date, preferred tendencies – often at the urging of their purchasers – it is quick to skip delicate genius or sensitive interpretations of vernacular kinds.
When we noticed Moos, a bar and café in Amsterdam, we nearly handed it get. It is not specially placing, neat or classy. Exterior or in, it does not attempt to impress or shock. But it has an appealing story to tell.
Designed by Amsterdam-based Studio Modijefsky, a nine-individual business set up by Esther Stam in 2009, Moos is the most recent entry into the Goudvisch Relatives of bars and cafes.
The shopper, Joost Lebesque of 3WO commissioned Studio Modijefsky to total not just the interior of Moos but also to build the identify and brand identification.
The tale at the rear of the uncommon inside of Moos is based on the spot, a ground-ground place in a corner setting up in the Spaarndammerhuut neighbourhood, most effective known for the impressive Het Schip housing advanced.
It was intended in 1919 by Michel de Klerk, just one of the founding customers of the eclectic architectural model of the Amsterdam School in which buildings are typically built of brick with complex masonry and rounded visual appearance. Amsterdam University type also featured elaborate building elements inside and out like decorative masonry, art glass, wrought ironwork, and built-in architectural sculpture. The purpose was to make a complete architectural knowledge which includes both of those the interior and exterior.
Moos certainly ticks of the eclectic box with its multitude of components and factors. The overall muted red-brick-and-wooden colour plan ties with each other the normally hectic inside that involves tiled surfaces, wood panelling, multi-patterned flooring and textured materials.
The two-level place is 108,5 square metres (1,162 sq.ft) in sizing with the terrace including a further 45 square metres (484 sq. ft). The bar on the ground flooring is produced of marble with brass detailing and pale pink, beige and yellow tiling.
The mezzanine degree attributes more modern-day accents such as mirrors, neon, brilliant colours and framed shots in addition to the regular functions.
Studio Modijefsky is recognised for several public assignments which include the renovated Museum of Arnhem, Reserving.com Amsterdam headquarters (dining establishments and breakout rooms), and do the job at Schiphol Airport and Van Gogh Museum.
Lead by Esther Stam, the Moos crew includs Moene van Werven, Natalia Nikolopoulou, Agnese Pellino, Ivana Stella, Felicia Urena and Blerina Xhigoli.
The Amsterdam College Museum Het Schip, found in the sophisticated, is dedicated to this style. The composition obtained is moniker, Het Schip (the Ship) from the form of the red-brick developing.
In addition to Moos, the Goudvisch Family of bars involves Bonnie, Arie op de Hoc and Neef van Fred, all located in central Amsterdam. Tuija Seipell
Pictures: Maarten Willemstein