IMPROVISED HOMES IN AMSTERDAM INDUSTRIAL SQUATS

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BOOK: DAVID CARR-SMITH - IMPROVISED ARCHITECTURE IN AMSTERDAM INDUSTRIAL SQUATS & COLLECTIVES

"TETTERODE" SQUAT 1981-/COLLECTIVE 1986 to-- - p8-1 (of 13)

DACOSTAKADE: HARTCAMP APARTMENTS

< TETTERODE - p1: INTRODUCTION <

< TETTERODE - p2: PUBLIC-USE & WORK-SPACES <

< TETTERODE - p2-1: RESIDENTIAL DOMAINS <

< TETTERODE - p3: DACOSTAKADE BUILDINGS: MERKELBACH & HARTCAMP <

< TETTERODE - p4: DACOSTAKADE: MERKELBACH APTS <

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< TETTERODE - p5-1: DACOSTAKADE: MERKELBACH APTS <

< TETTERODE - p6: DACOSTAKADE: MERKELBACH APTS <

< TETTERODE - p7: DACOSTAKADE: HARTCAMP APTS <

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TETTERODE - p8-1: DACOSTAKADE: HARTCAMP APTS

> TETTERODE - p8-2: DACOSTAKADE: HARTCAMP APTS >

> TETTERODE - p9: BILDERDIJKSTRAAT BUILDINGS >

> TETTERODE - p10: BILDERDIJKSTRAAT APTS >

> TETTERODE - p11: BILDERDIJKSTRAAT APTS >

> TETTERODE - p12: BILDERDIJKSTRAAT APTS >

> TETTERODE - p13: BILDERDIJKSTRAAT APTS >

HARTCAMP HOMES & STUDIO-APTS - cont ... in process

Level-4 enclave is ahown on this and the previous page.

RADBOUD HOUTMAN - [recorded: 2008]
GER BERGEVOET & INA v d HEUVEL - [recorded: 1990/93 & 2008]
MIKEL v GELDEREN - [recorded: 1993 & 2008]
GASTON TEN HORN & MARION DE BEER - [recorded: 2008]

Shown here are two of the enclave's five living-spaces:

HARTCAMP: hc-L4 ENCLAVE LIVING-SPACES - cont ...


HARTCAMP 1993: PLAN - LEVEL 4 ENCLAVE [hc-L4] (Architect-Drawing 1986 / info 1993 / top is EEN)	HARTCAMP: PLAN - LEVEL 4 ENCLAVE [hc-L4] (Plan: Mikel van Gelderen 2006 / info 2008 / top is EEN)

MIKEL VAN GELDEREN APT (1986 -) (hc-L4 / E-side S - 2 bays) [recorded 1993 / 2008]

Mikel, with Radboud, Ger and Gaston, divided Hartcamp's level-5 in 1986. During its construction between Feb and Dec 86 Mikel lived in the Bilderdijk building. At first he occupied only the north bay of the new living-space, its south bay was reserved as the enclave's shared space but it was hardly used; in 1988 he moved his kitchen into its photographic dark-room portion (which it still occupies) - and in 1990 he acquired the whole south bay which he used as his painting studio until 2005 when the entire two-bay living space was redeveloped as a domestic apartment.
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MIKEL APT (in 8-1993)

MIKEL: N-BAY MEZZANINE
(pic 8-93 / to SW)

At this time Mikel occupied 2 adjoining bays - this N-bay was domestic, the S-bay (entered through the door pic-left) was his painting studio.

MIKEL APT (in 4-2008) ... in process

In 2005 Mikel redesigned and renovated his whole apartment as a domestic space, added a private bathroom/wc and removed his art working to a shared studio in Merkelbach. The work took about 7 months.

NOTE: Whole height = 4.2m / main floor raised 0.2m. Support for N-Mezz's 'hanging back' came from Bührmann.


MIKEL: N-BAY (pic 22-4-08 / to SW)	MIKEL: N-BAY (pic 29-4-08 / to WWN)	MIKEL: N-BAY (pic 22-4-08 / to EEN)

MIKEL: N-BAY (pic 29-4-08 / to NNE)	MIKEL: N+S-BAYS (pic 22-4-08 / to NE)	MIKEL: N+S-BAYS (pic 22-4-08 / to S)

MIKEL: N+S-BAYS (pic 29-4-08 / to W) End view of the erstwhile wall between the rooms with its encased sliding door.	MIKEL: N+S-BAYS (pic 22-4-08 / to NW) A visitor demonstrates Mikel's sliding door.	MIKEL: S-BAY (pic 22-4-08 / to NNE)

MIKEL: S-BAY (pic 29-4-08 / to EES)	MIKEL: S-BAY (pic 29-4-08 / to SE)	MIKEL: S-BAY - SW QUARTER WITH TABLE, KITCHEN & S-MEZZANINE (paste-up 2-pics 22-4-08 / to SSW) The S-mezzanine's usage is unresolved except for the bathroom in the SW corner.

MIKEL: S-BAY CENTRE WALL (pic 29-4-08 / to NW)	MIKEL: S-BAY KITCHEN (pic 29-4-08 / to E) Here Mikel retained the original concrete floor, two steps down from the raised sitting space.	MIKEL: S-BAY KITCHEN - SINK WALL (pic 29-4-08 / to SW)

MIKEL: S-BAY KITCHEN - APT'S S-ENTRY DOOR (pic 22-4-08 / to SSW)	MIKEL: APT S-ENTRY DOOR (TO KITCHEN) - EXTERIOR FROM ENCLAVE PASSAGE S-END (pic 22-4-08 / to NNW) Mikel's S-mezzanine projects over this corner of the enclave passage and supports his bathroom.	MIKEL: S-MEZZANINE BATHROOM/WC - ENTRY (pic 22-4-08 / to E) The bathroom is at the S-mezzanine's SW corner, on a portion that projects over the enclave passage (the only part of Mikel's apt that does this).

MIKEL: S-MEZZANINE BATHROOM/WC - ENTRY (pic 22-4-08 / to WWN)	MIKEL: S-MEZZANINE BATHROOM/WC (pic 22-4-08 / to EES)	MIKEL: S-MEZZANINE BATHROOM/WC - WINDOW (pic 22-4-08 / to NE) A high window-strip along the bathroom's E wall affords a view across the S mezzanine to the E-side windows.

MIKEL: N-MEZZANINE - BED PLATFORM & STAIR HOLE (paste-up 2-pics 22-4-08 / to NNE)

GASTON TEN HORN & MARION DE BEER APT (1986 -) (hc-L4 / E-side centr - 2 bays) [recorded 2008]
[This living-space was not recorded until 2008] ... in process

Gaston, with Radboud, Ger and Mikel, divided Hartcamp's level-5 in 1986. From 86 to 95 Gaston occupied only the single north bay (with mezzanine), using it only as a studio and living outside Tetterode; he also rented a space in the Merkelbach basement [Ref: Work-Places] as a store and dark-room. In 1995 he acquired the second (south) bay and in about 6 weeks of work (with some assistance) established the main features of the present apt; work on this continued "on and off" for about 6 months. In 1999 the whole family moved into this living-space.

This three person family home is very precisely fitted into a relatively small two-bay space. Its main floor area is 59m² plus two mezzanines (which extend over the enclave corridor) of 31m² - a total area of 90m².

NOTE: Wood "beams" (joists?) are mostly new, some 2nd hand.[ - add info on sources of structure and fittings].


GASTON: N-BAY (pic 22-4-08 / to SE) The apt's entry door is behind the mezzanine stair (obscured by a foreground lamp).	GASTON: N-BAY (pic 22-4-08 / to NE) This north-bay mezzanine dates back to 1986 when the (single-bay) space was Gaston's studio.	GASTON: N-BAY (pic 22-4-08 / to SW)

GASTON: N-BAY (pic 27-4-08 / to WWN)	GASTON: N-BAY - FROM N-MEZZANINE (pic 22-4-08 / to W)	GASTON: N-MEZZANINE (pic 22-4-08 / to WWN)
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GASTON: S-BAY - VIEW FROM N-BAY (pic 22-4-08 / to SE)	GASTON: S-BAY - FROM S-MEZZANINE (pic 22-4-08 / to W)	GASTON: S+N-BAYS (pic 22-4-08 / to NW)

GASTON: S-BAY (pic 22-4-08 / to S) Tetterode's extraordinary chimney is quite close to the apt's south window.	GASTON: S-BAY - WINDOW VIEW OF COURTYARD (pic 27-4-08 / to W)	GASTON: S-BAY (paste-up 2-pics 22-4-08 / to E)

GASTON: S-BAY - BATHROOM/WC - SINK & ENTRY (pic 22-4-08 / to WWN)	GASTON: S-BAY BATHROOM/WC - BATH (pic 27-4-08 / to NNE) The bath runs along the rear of the space, partly behind the S-mezzanine stair's inner supporting wall and under the stair itself.	GASTON: S-MEZZANINE - SON'S ROOM (pic 22-4-08 / to NW)

GASTON: S-MEZZANINE - SON'S ROOM (pic 22-4-08 / to E)	GASTON: S-MEZZANINE - SON'S ROOM (pic 22-4-08 / to NNE)