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CONTENTS | 4 SITES | TETTERODE | DE LOODS | EDELWEIS | APPENDICES | NOTES | SUB-SITES |
BOOK: DAVID CARR-SMITH - IMPROVISED ARCHITECTURE IN AMSTERDAM INDUSTRIAL SQUATS & COLLECTIVES
"TETTERODE" SQUAT 1981-/COLLECTIVE 1986 to-- - p10(of 18)
DACOSTAKADE: HARTCAMP APARTMENTS ... in process
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HARTCAMP HOMES & STUDIO-APTS - cont ...
On this page is shown level-3 enclave's four living-spaces:
RUUD
v d HELM & WANDANA HOPPNER - [recorded: 1993 &
2008]
DORATHEÉ - [recorded: 1993 & 2008]
(UNNAMED) - [recorded: 1993]
MARIANNE
THEUNISSEN - [recorded: 1993 & 2008]
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ARTCAMP: hc-L3 ENCLAVE ... in processParts of this enclave were re-recorded in 2008 and the old and new results will be displayed here 'in parallel'.
When first recorded n 1993 three of the enclave's five living-spaces were large double-bay, however two of these were wall-divided into single-bay domestic and studio spaces, and espoused the ubiquitous mezzanine platform at the inner windowless end of at least their domestic portion. The 'Unnamed' W-side apt was the only large undivided single space - it had accoutrements of domesticity and work visably sharing its single level, conveying a sense rare in Hartcamp, of 'grand' spaciousness and ordered functional zoning.
On a second visit in 1994 I recorded a (unexplained) change that involved no physical rearrangement of the enclave's physical plan: Ruud/Wandana's NE-corner apt and their SW-corner "Yapper" office had exchanged locations! [ref: 2nd Plan below].
When re-recorded in 2008 there had been big changes in apt arrangement and a huge complexification of Doratheé's and especially Ruud/Wandana's apts. This major re-arrangement of spaces started in June 1997 and was enabled by the redundancy of the enclave's shared kitchen/diner and of Ruud's "Yapper" office. The big 'Unnamed' W-side apt remained unchanged while the other three had enlarged and condensed. Marianne's was the most simple: a displacement of 1 bay to the south, acquiring "Yapper" as an enlarged studio. Doratheé shifted 1 bay north, which allowed her to build an extraordinary extension of her apt's small mezzanine, first across the enclave passage then out and over the whole extent of Hartcamp's L3 landing's bridge foyer. The most complete revision and radical enlargement - motivated partly by the requirements of two children - was Ruud/Wandana's living-space. Previously split between two single-bay spaces at opposite corners of the enclave, they acquired three bays that absorbed the erstwhile enclave kitchen and straddled the centre. This has allowed an expansive (and increasingly complex) mezzanine to cross the enclave passage and project into the new single-bay living-room in Marienne's erstwhile studio on the west side.
HARTCAMP PLAN - LEVEL 3 ENCLAVE [hc-L3] (Architect-Drawing 1986 / info 1993 / top is EEN) |
HARTCAMP PLAN - LEVEL 3 ENCLAVE [hc-L3] (Architect-Drawing 1986 / info 1994 to early 97 / top is EEN) In 1994 Ruud/Wandana swapped the locations of their NE corner apt and SW corner "Yapper" office. |
HARTCAMP: PLAN - LEVEL 3 ENCLAVE [hc-L3] (Plan: Mikel van Gelderen 2006 / info 2008 / top is EEN) The shared Kitchen has gone and Ruud's "Yapper" has closed, enabling a re-arrangement of the apts that involved physical changes in the plan. Not only have apts re-located boundaries but Ruud/Wandana have grown their mezzanine across the enclave's passage and Doratheé has grown hers over the enclave's passage plus the external Bridge-Foyer! |
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hc-L3 ENCLAVE (in 1993)
hc-L3 ENCLAVE KITCHEN [E-side / S-end - 1 bay] (pic 08-1993 / to E) Apart from its built sink-unit and lack of the other's expression of 'aesthetic-comfort', this communal kitchen is surprisingly similar to L2-enclave's. |
hc-L3 ENCLAVE KITCHEN (pic 08-1993 / to WWS) An elaborate cement-block-built sink-unit divides the space. |
hc-L3 ENCLAVE KITCHEN - WINDOW VIEW OF DA COSTAKADE (pic 08-1993 / to E) |
hc-L3 ENCLAVE SOUTH END SHOWER WC (pic 09-1994 / to SSE) The shower basin is raised and contained in a curve of concrete. |
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hc-L3 ENCLAVE
(in 2008)
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RUUD VAN DER HELM & WANDANA HOPPNER APT
-1 (c1991-1994) / "YAPPER" OFFICE (1994-1997) (hc-L3 / E-side N-end 1-bay) [recorded 1993 and 1994]
The re-dispositions of Ruud and Wandana's domestic and work spaces around this enclave floor between c1991 and 2008 (when last recorded) have been unusually complicated. My first encounter with them was in 1993 when they had two 1-bay spaces at opposite corners of the enclave, their home was in the NE corner and Ruud's "Yapper" office was in the SW corner. Around mid-1994 the SW office and the NE home [for unknown reasons] swapped their locations.
Unfortunately - due to my need to present enclave living-spaces in topographical sequence - these two locations are widely separated on this page: the NE bay ('APT-1'), first as home then as "Yapper" is shown here, however the SW bay, first as "Yapper" then as home, is the last entry on this page. An additional presentational complication is caused by the radical June 1997 rearrangement and functional simplification of all but one (the "Unnamed" apt) of the enclave's spaces, which allowed Ruud and Wandana to establish a completely new, re-located and enlarged family home. This latter home ('APT-2') is shown immediately below their original one.
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RUUD & WANDANA APT-1 (in 1993)
This small living space was used first as home then (between 1994 and 97) as
Ruud's "Yapper" office.
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RUUD "YAPPER" OFFICE ('APT-1' SPACE) (in 1994)
Around mid 1994 Ruud and Wandana converted this NE corner home into the "Yapper" office and the SW corner office into their home [see last entry on this page]. This configuration lasted until the radical rearranging of the enclave's spaces in June 1997. [The reason for the simple swapping of locations is unknown.]
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RUUD VAN DER HELM & WANDANA HOPPNER APT-2 (1997--) (hc-3 / E-side S-end 2-bays + W-side cntr 1-bay) [recorded 2008]
The
new apt was essentially complete by September 1997. Ruud and Wandana's NE-corner one-bay
space has been absorbed into Doratheé's north-shifted
apt; their SW-
corner one-bay space has been absorbed into Marianne's south-shifted apt. The enclave's shared
kitchen has been abolished and Ruud's "Yapper" office banished. The
consequent functional simplification and the opening of the enclave's centre
allowed Ruud and Wandana to acquire not only a two-bay portion on its E-side but
also straddle its width and include Marianne's former studio-bay on the W-side.
Thus they established a large
family home (parents and two children) with a mezzanine floor spanning
the enclave passage and supporting a 'village-like' (and probably still evolving) complex of
bedrooms and bathroom.
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DORATHEÉ APT & STUDIO (19## -) [recorded 1993 and 2008]
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DORATHEÉ APT & STUDIO (in 1993) (hc-L3 / E-side 2-bays)
A simple two-bay apt with wall-divided living and work spaces. A 'standard type' of 2-bay living-space: one bay domestic, one bay work, with a doored wall between.
DORATHEÉ APT: (pic 08-1993 / to SW) A 2-bay apt - this is the single-bay domestic side; through a door is a single-bay studio space. |
DORATHEÉ APT: (pic 08-1993 / to SSE) View through to the studio bay. [Alas - no picture of the studio was taken.] |
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DORATHEÉ APT (in 2008) (hc-L3 / E-side 2-bays plus W extension over hc-L3 landing)
Doratheé's is typical of two aspects of 'third phase' apts: simplification of the 1986 cement-block space-divisions to achieve a larger primary living-space while increasing the spatial/functional complexity of secondary living-areas (often consequent on the needs of children, though not in this case), and the assimilation of previously undomesticated external spaces. The shift of her apt to the enclave's north end has enabled Tetterode's most radical example of the latter: she has extended the apt's mezzanine not only, as is common, over the enclave's central passage, but out into the shared circulation space beyond the enclave's boundary, purloining the upper half of the bridge-foyer portion of the building's high central-landing, capping it at the height of its bridge entry; thus acquiring a huge additional space - a dwelling-sized room extending to the west facade, with a view along the roof of the L3 bridge to the Bilderdijk block.
DORATHEÉ APT: EAST SIDE LIVING-ROOM - VIEW FROM N- MEZZANINE (pic 2-05-2008 / to EES) Half the 198 6 cement-block wall that divided the 2 bay space into living and studio [ref 1993 pic], is now removed and the apt's east half is a long 'living-room'. The retained inner half of the dividing wall helps to support the two (N and S) mezzanine floors. |
DORATHEÉ APT: EAST SIDE LIVING-ROOM - VIEW FROM S- MEZZANINE (pic 2-05-2008 / to EES) |
DORATHEÉ APT: EAST SIDE LIVING-ROOM - S END - UNDER S MEZZANINE (paste-up 2-pics 2-05-2008 / to NNE) Under the south mezzanine, looking out into the main living-room space.
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DORATHEÉ APT: S-MEZZANINE - BEDROOM (pic 2-05-2008 / to NNE) The portholed balustrade emits discs of light ... |
DORATHEÉ APT: S-MEZZANINE - BEDROOM (pic 2-05-2008 / to NNE) ... and transfers circular pictures. |
DORATHEÉ APT: S-MEZZANINE - BEDROOM (paste-up 2-pics 2-05-2008 / to WWN) A view towards the tiny exit/entry 'hole' through the portion of dividing wall and under the building's big support beam.. |
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(UNNAMED) APT (19## --) (hc-L3 / W-side N-end - 2 bays) [recorded 1993]
APT: (pic 08-1993 / to WWN) The enclave's only large (2¼-bays) single-volume single-level space. A simple rectangular volume differentiated only by its various functions. |
APT: (pic 08-1993 / to N) |
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MARIANNE THEUNISSEN APT & STUDIO (19## - ) [recorded 1993 and 2008]
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MARIANNE THEUNISSEN APT & STUDIO (in 1993) (hc-L3 / W-side centre 2-bays)
MARIANNE APT: DOMESTIC SPACE - VIEW TO ENTRY-DOOR & BED PLATFORM (pic 08-1993 / to EEN) A 2-bay apt - this is the single-bay domestic side; accessed through an adjoining door is a single-bay studio space. |
MARIANNE APT: DOMESTIC SPACE - NORTH WALL (pic 08-1993 / to N) Door to studio bay is open [pic left]. [Alas - no picture of the studio was taken.] |
MARIANNE APT: ON PLATFORM - VIEW DOWN STAIR (pic 08-1993 / top to NNW) |
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MARIANNE THEUNISSEN APT & STUDIO (in 2008) (hc-L3 / W-side S-end 2-bays)
[NB: The interior of this living-space was recorded during me and my partner's 3 week residence. Marianne had 'clarified' the whole living-space for visitors and had just renovated the studio (especially its south wall which she insulated and plastered); overlaying these changes many of my photos reveal commonly used objects disposed in our patterns of usage. Thus unfortunately there is an inevitable tension between Marianne's normal use-order, her 'for-visitor' order and the overlaid patches of visitors' use-patterns. The most obvious of the latter - disposition of chairs; table clutter; kitchen utensils; bedroom usage, and most flagrantly the renewed and empty studio in intensive visitor-use - are noted in the picture-texts.]
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RUUD VAN DER HELM "YAPPER" COMPANY OFFICE (1991-94) / RUUD & WANDANA HOPPNER APT (1994-1997) (hc-L3 / W-side S-end - 1 bay) [recorded 8-1993 & 9-1994]
At this time Ruud ran an editing company called "Yapper" that worked for publishers. In mid 1994 the office was relocated [for unknown reasons] to Ruud/Wandana's NE corner home bay and the home was re-established here. In the large-scale 1997 re-distribution of spaces this south-end space became Marianne Theunissen's studio [ref above].
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RUUD "YAPPER"
OFFICE (in 8-1993)
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RUUD
& WANDANA APT ("YAPPER" OFFICE SPACE) (in 9-1994)
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CONTENTS | 4 SITES | TETTERODE | DE LOODS | EDELWEIS | APPENDICES | NOTES | SUB-SITES |