housing company stadgenoot, amsterdam

housing company stadgenoot, amsterdam 2002-2008
		head office 'Stadgenoot' architect: Steven Holl

The starting point for the design of the work was the philosophy of Het Stadgenoot housing association, and of its architect, Steven Holl. He is interested in sensory architecture, in the reflection of light upon an object and the way in which this is experienced by the observer. Light is dynamic and context-specific, and there are an infinite number of variables that influence and determine its local effect. Observation in combination with movement ensures that the parameters of each specific space remain undetermined. Het Stadgenoot housing association believes that "to be successful, buildings should have an emotional appeal for the people involved with them. Love for the city is of central importance, while building is not just a question of practical accommodation, but also the creation of an urban social climate."

		collection for head-office of 'stadgenoot' 15 pieces in various techniques and materials


Steven Holl uses light specifically in three dimensional space. I work with the suggestion of light in a single, flat plane. In contrast to Holl, who proceeds from the effect of light in motion on an object, I work with the changing effect of light within that object. I am not primarily interested in the continually changing effects of light in motion, but believe instead that movement is created by the static light in the object itself.



		printed floor carpet 830 x 520 cm

Dutch painter Kenne Gregoire realized the illusionistic wall paintings in the meeting room of the headquarters of ‘Het Stadgenoot’. Barbara Broekman received the assignment to design a floor carpet that matches this ‘House of Eden’. The design is a collage inspired on Roman mosaic floors in Syria a collage and realized in printed floor carpet.