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Frank Vinken

ENGINEERING
Wiening Ingenieurgemeinschaft

DESIGN TEAM
Dorothe Schlüter, Ute Lehrke

PHOTOGRAPHS
Frank Vinken

AREA
210m²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Warendorf, Germany

CATEGORY
Renovation, Offices Interiors

The storage barn, which now has 210 square meters of space for a clothing design office in Warendorf, Westphalia, was completely gutted and renovated.

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Frank Vinken
Design Office
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Inside you only get the statically load-bearing timber frame.No new walls were built.

The white plastered interior, including the light floor, with a coating based on epoxy resin in the concrete, takes a back seat to emphasize the sculptural effect of the wooden beams.

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Frank Vinken
Design Office
Frank Vinken

The timber framework extends over an air space of up to twelve meters in height - the hall, meeting room and sample shop are located on the open ground floor.

A staircase with black granite and white parapet leads up to a retracted gallery suspended from a steel structure.

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Frank Vinken
Design Office
Frank Vinken

There is a kitchen, toilets, a photo studio and offices, separated from the rest of the air space by glass walls.

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Design Office
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Design Office
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Design Office
Frank Vinken
Design Office
Frank Vinken
Design Office
Frank Vinken
Design Office
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Design Office
Frank Vinken
Design Office
Frank Vinken
Design Office
Frank Vinken
Design Office
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Design Office
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Design Office
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