Sandberg University
Interior design for an art school in Amsterdam
Project scope: Architecture & Interior Design
Client: Sandberg Institute / Stichting Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Year: 2014-2019
Collaborators team Studio Anne Dessing: Christiaan Bakker, Cédric van Parys and Joost Huyzer
Architect New Building: Fedlev led by Paulien Bremmer, icw Hootsmans architects
Status: Completed
Design Concept
A series of transparent gates subdivide the spaces, creating multiple thresholds and visual relationships.
The interior assignment stems from plans for new accommodation for the Sandberg Instituut together with the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. The aim was to design a varied range of spaces for the students and employees of ten different master’s programs. The challenge was to make separations between the various departments that cancel noise and provide a certain degree of privacy. But the design also has to communicate the openness and transparency of the institution. Therefore we proposed a series of transparent gates which can be opened and closed to establish multiple visual and physical relationships while simultaneously subdividing the space.
