Wispe Brewery Amsterdam

Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
© Wim Hanenberg

WISPE BREWERY AMSTERDAM

Buro Nord

ARCHITECTS
Buro Nord

LEAD ARCHITECT
Maarten Meester

DRAFTS
Jorino van Gils, Michiel Baltus

BUILDING MANAGEMENT
Marcel Rijnhart

CONTRACTOR
Stoop Houtbewerkers, Smederij Jorrit Vijns

ADVISOR
Ten Have, Breedveld en Schröder

CONSTRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Martien van Leeuwen

CLIENT
Wispe Brewery ltd

PHOTOGRAPHS
Wim Hanenberg

AREA
600 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Weesp, The Netherlands

CATEGORY
Pub, Renovation, Brewery

The Sint Laurentius Church in Weesp, on the outskirts of Amsterdam, is a neo-Gothic cross church designed by Theo Asseler and built in 1876. As part of an intensive renovation in which the foundation was also restored, we were asked to design a brewery and a pub for Wispe brewerys.

Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
© Wim Hanenberg
Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
© Wim Hanenberg
Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
© Wim Hanenberg

Because of the existing characteristic qualities, we tried to keep our interventions as modest as possible.

Our design choices were limited to the essential and we attempted to let them not compete with the existing.

With a certain degree of reticence in the use of materials and color an interior is realized that strengthens the existing spatial qualities of the church and brings the light back deep into the central nave.

Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
© Wim Hanenberg
Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
© Wim Hanenberg

Despite the multitude of facilities (brewhouse, tanks, bar, kitchen) and installations, the overall image is quite calm and does justice to the monumental appearance of the church.

Immediately upon entering, visitors walk right into bar, which is placed like a contemporary altar in front of a light marble tap wall.

Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
© Wim Hanenberg
Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
© Wim Hanenberg

The copper brew kettles are positioned above on a new mezzanine floor and lean slightly over the bar. The old sight lines have been optically reconstructed by means of mirrors.

The lighting fixtures designed for this project are placed against the existing columns and illuminate the arch construction.

Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
© Wim Hanenberg
Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
© Wim Hanenberg

The new visitors mezzanine has been placed loosely between the existing arches and has been designed as slender as possible in order to disturb the original articulation as little as possible.


Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
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Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
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Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
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Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
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Wispe Brewery Amsterdam
Ground floor plan