IMPROVISED HOMES IN AMSTERDAM INDUSTRIAL SQUATS


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 08-1993 / 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 [ref:p8: mb5 - KATHY HOYER STUDIO] - the whole work took about 7 months. The L4 enclave's height is 4.2m - Mikel raised his main living-space floor by 0.2m. Support for the N-Mezzanine's 'hanging back' came from Bührmann.


MIKEL: APT S-ENTRY DOOR (INTO KITCHEN) - EXTERIOR FROM ENCLAVE PASSAGE S-END (pic 22-04-2008 / to NNW) Mikel's S-mezzanine projects over this corner of the enclave passage and supports his bathroom [Ref: last pics].	MIKEL: S-BAY KITCHEN - APT'S S-ENTRY DOOR (pic 22-04-2008 / to SSW)	MIKEL: S-BAY KITCHEN (pic 29-04-2008 / to SW)

MIKEL: S-BAY KITCHEN - SINK WALL (pic 29-04-2008 / to SW)	MIKEL: S-BAY KITCHEN (pic 29-04-2008 / to E) Here Mikel retained the original concrete floor, two steps down from the raised sitting space floor.	MIKEL: S-BAY KITCHEN (pic 22-04-2008 / to EES)

MIKEL: S-BAY - FROM KITCHEN TO LIV-SPACE (pic 22-04-2008 / to E)	MIKEL: S-BAY - KITCHEN FROM LIV-SPACE (pic 22-04-2008 / to W)	> MIKEL: S-BAY - SW QUARTER WITH TABLE, KITCHEN & S-MEZZANINE (paste-up 2-pics 22-04-2008 / to SSW) The S-mezzanine's usage is unresolved except for the bathroom in the SW corner.

MIKEL: S-BAY - LIV-SPACE (pic 29-04-2008 / to EES)	MIKEL: S-BAY - LIV-SPACE (pic 29-04-2008 / to SE)	MIKEL: S FROM N-BAY (pic 22-04-2008 / to S)

MIKEL: S & N-BAYS - LIV-SPACE W-SIDE (pic 29-04-2008 / to W) End view of the erstwhile wall between the rooms with its encased sliding wall.	MIKEL: S-BAY - LIV-SPACE W-SIDE CENTRE WALL (pic 29-04-2008 / to NW)	MIKEL: S TO N-BAYS (pic 22-04-2008 / to NW) A visitor demonstrates Mikel's sliding wall.

MIKEL: S-BAY (pic 22-04-2008 / to NNE)	MIKEL: S-BAY - S-END FROM N (pic 22-04-2008 / to SE)	MIKEL: N+S-BAYS (FROM S-MEZZANINE) (pic 22-04-2008 / to NE)

MIKEL: N-BAY - LIV-SPACE (pic 29-04-2008 / to NNE)	MIKEL: N-BAY - LIV-SPACE FROM N-BAY OFFICE (pic 22-04-2008 / to E)	MIKEL: N-BAY - OFFICE (pic 22-04-2008 / to EEN)

MIKEL: N-BAY - OFFICE (pic 29-04-2008 / to W)	MIKEL: N-BAY - OFFICE WITH N-MEZZANINE & N-EXIT DOOR INTO ENCLAVE PASSAGE (pic 22-04-2008 / to SW)	MIKEL: APT'S N-DOOR - EXTERIOR IN ENCLAVE PASSAGE (pic 2-05-2008 / to NNW)

MIKEL: N-BAY - STAIR TO MEZZANINES (pic [crop] 22-04-2008 / to SW)	MIKEL: N-MEZZANINE - BED PLATFORM & STAIR HOLE (paste-up 2-pics 22-04-2008 / to NNE)	MIKEL: S-MEZZANINE BATH/WC ROOM ENTRY (pic 22-04-2008 / 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 BATH/WC ROOM ENTRY (pic 22-04-2008 / to NNE)	MIKEL: S-MEZZANINE BATH/WC ROOM (pic 22-04-2008 / to EEN)	MIKEL: S-MEZZANINE BATH/WC ROOM - ' WINDOW' (pic 22-04-2008 / to NE) A high 'window'-strip above the bathroom's E-wall affords a view over the S-mezzanine to the E-facade windows.

GASTON TEN HORN & MARION DE BEER APT (1986 -) (hc-L4 / E-side centre - 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: APT'S ENTRY DOOR - ON WEST SIDE OF ENCLAVE PASSAGE (pic 2-05-2008 / to NW) The entry door of Gaston/Marion's W-side S-end 2-bay apt - the enclave passage is lowered by the apt's east-projecting mezzanine.	GASTON: N-BAY (pic 22-04-2008 / to NE) This north-bay mezzanine dates back to 1986 when the (single-bay) space was Gaston's studio; it projects over the enclave passage.	GASTON: N-BAY (pic 22-04-2008 / to N)

GASTON: N-BAY (pic 22-04-2008 / to SW)	GASTON: N-BAY - TABLE (pic 27-04-2008 / to WWN)	GASTON: N-BAY - WITH STAIR TO N-MEZZANINE (pic 22-04-2008 / to E)

GASTON: N-MEZZANINE - VIEW OF N-BAY - FROM N-MEZZANINE STAIR ENTRY (pic 22-04-2008 / to W)	GASTON: N-MEZZANINE - ENTRY (pic 22-04-2008 / to W)	GASTON: N-MEZZANINE - BED (pic 22-04-2008 / to WWN)

GASTON: N-BAY (pic 22-04-2008 / to SE) The apt's entry door is behind the mezzanine stair (obscured by a foreground lamp).	GASTON: S-BAY - SEEN FROM N-BAY (pic 22-04-2008 / to SE)	GASTON: S+N-BAYS (pic 22-04-2008 / to NW)

GASTON: S-BAY - WINDOW VIEW (pic 27-04-2008 / to WWN)	GASTON: S-BAY - WITH WINDOW VIEW (pic 22-04-2008 / to S) Tetterode's extraordinary chimney is quite close to the apt's south window.	GASTON: S-BAY - WINDOW VIEW OF COURTYARD (pic 27-04-2008 / to SW)

GASTON: S-BAY - WINDOW VIEW OF COURTYARD (pic 27-04-2008 / to W)	GASTON: S-BAY - E-SIDE (paste-up 2-pics 22-04-2008 / to E)	GASTON: S-BAY - E-SIDE BATH/WC ENTRY (pic 22-04-2008 / to EEN)

GASTON: S-BAY - BATH/WC - ENTRY & SINK (pic 27-04-2008 / to WWN)	GASTON: S-BAY - BATH/WC - SINK & BATH ENTRY (pic 22-04-2008 / to W)	GASTON: S-BAY BATH/WC - BATH (pic 27-04-2008 / 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-BAY - S-MEZZANINE FACADE (pic 22-04-2008 / to #)	GASTON: S-MEZZANINE VIEW (pic 22-04-2008 / to W)	GASTON: S-MEZZANINE - WITH WINDOW VIEW (pic 22-04-2008 / to W)

GASTON: S-MEZZANINE - SON'S ROOM - OFFICE SPACE
(pic 22-04-2008 / to NW)

GASTON: S-MEZZANINE - SON'S ROOM
(pic 22-04-2008 / to E)

View to the rear of the son's S-mezzanine office. Behind the work-table is the low wall of the descending stair. Behind the full-height screen-wall is the bed space

GASTON: S-MEZZANINE - SON'S ROOM - BED SPACE
(pic 22-04-2008 / to NNE)

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