Burgerweeshuis

Boring Collection_ allows for a comfortable workspace

Boring Collection by Beyond Space furnishing workstations between the concrete columns and sunken circles of the Burgerweeshuis

Boring Collection_ is designed by Beyond Space and developed by Lensvelt

Project Burgerweeshuis, Amsterdam
BDP Bouwfonds Property Development, Amsterdam
Interior architect Ex interiors (Odette Ex)
Furniture Lensvelt Contract Furniture and other brands like Carl Hansen, Danskina, Artek, Cassina, Vitra, Norr11, Nestor & Rotsen
Photography Roos Aldershoff

Area developer BPD acquires 150 employees and moved into the former Burgerweeshuis (1960) designed by Aldo van Eyck in Amsterdam. The national monument was renovated by Wessel de Jonge Architects, after which Ex Interiors constructed their new interior. By transforming the building, a new dimension has been added honoring the original design.

Transforming the new interior layer, which once was a former orphanage into a comfortable workplace. The interior has been considered as a new element that has been added to the national monument. The sleek and sober design fits in seamlessly with the strict rhythms, spatial planning and dimensions of the existing architecture, creating a self-evident unity.

All workplaces are equipped with furniture that fits the look and feel of the austere architecture. In order to provide the workplaces with the necessary (visual and acoustic) shelter without disturbing the spatiality of the architecture, screens have been designed that further divide the space through the filing cabinets. The materialization and lines of these screens refer to the original permanent furniture of the “Burgerweeshuis”. Modular, leather seating elements are placed in the sitting pit, that match the color of the wood present and the pure appearance of the concrete.

AVL Office chairs in white around a bench desk at the Burgerweeshuis, against a deep green wall and sliding-door cabinet

AVL Office chair_ is a comfortable, classic and timeless office chair

Boring Collection cabinets and waste bin in Boring grey beside white desks at the Burgerweeshuis, under a red acoustic panel

Boring Collection_ consist of many pieces, including the garbage bin, all in Boring grey

Boring Task chairs with armrests in Boring grey at a Burgerweeshuis workstation, beside red and brown acoustic panels

Boring Task chair_ is an adjustable office chair with armrests in Boring grey

A grey-green sliding-door cabinet and white desk in a glazed Burgerweeshuis office, a new layer beside the original concrete

In the interior a new dimension has been added honoring the original design

A long oak table and black chairs follow the curved concrete plinth in the Burgerweeshuis, with an office screen behind

Lensvelt furniture dealer_ provided other great brands for the interior

Carl Hansen oak chairs at a long table beside screened workstations in the daylit Burgerweeshuis office floor

Lensvelt furniture dealer_ supplied their own collection and other brands like Carl Hansen

AVL Presidential chairs, a variation on the AVL Office chair, ringing the long boardroom table at the Burgerweeshuis

AVL Presidential chairs_ are a variation of the AVL Office chair

Boring Collection screens in Boring grey set among the raw concrete columns and circular pit of the Burgerweeshuis

The Boring collection in Boring grey matches well with the original concrete design in the interior

Tan leather modular sofas on timber platforms in a Burgerweeshuis lounge, with pendant lights and a wall of framed photographs

Lensvelt supplied furniture from their own collection and other brands

Long oak canteen tables with caramel chairs at the Burgerweeshuis, warm fabrics set against grey concrete beams and brick

A nice contrast between the grey concrete and furniture in organic colors and fabrics

A blue sofa, glass coffee table and rug in a Burgerweeshuis lounge furnished with Arco, Danskina, Vitra, Carl Hansen and Cassina

As furniture dealer Lensvelt supplied brands like Arco, Danskina ,Vitra, Carl Hansen and Cassina

Rietveld armchairs and pale blue sofas in the Burgerweeshuis lobby, under circular ring lights against exposed brick