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A Bright Attic Home for an Immigrant Family in Amsterdam

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MAMM Design have renovated a dark two-storey attic in Amsterdam to build a home for an immigrant family of four, used to brighter light.

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They opened up the attic ceiling, exposing the giant rafters – allowing the light to flood the entire open space.

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The most unusual idea: right in the center of the new open space, a box containing the kitchen is sunken into the stairwell, a window to its side.

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As one climbs up the stairwell, looking to the right, one sees through an open frame into this sunken kitchen.

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Sharing the central tower stairs with the kitchen is the bathroom and toilet, utilizing the existing plumbing.

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The new home is housed in the top two floors of part of this 85-year-old building in the Netherlands.

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Obviously, the exterior cannot be altered, but there are many changes made within the shell of the existing building to protect against the gloomy weather of Amsterdam.

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The light from the existing skylight works overtime by opening up the floor to let it light two floors.

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The architects placed new grating stairs and small landings around the central stair-tower to create some places to stay at various levels.

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Parents can oversee a colorful vignette of the living room from the bedroom, brilliantly daylighted from the central skylight.

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All the balustrades are kept safe with rope nets, a cheerfully childlike touch suggesting an industrial gym.

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And at the very top of this gloom-dispelling new attic home, a playroom for the two young children.

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