A home for a modern day Rapunzel! This water tower in Soest, The Netherlands was converted to a nine level residence. Built in 1931, the tower renovation involves a unique opportunity for the architects to use a myriad of designs for staircases in an effort to make the unique space both efficient and filled with natural light.
In addition to a 3 level window that allows natural light to enter the structure near the ground level, the home features a sauna and roof deck with amazing views. Completed in 2004, the tower residence was designed by architects at Zecc Architecten — the same firm who completed the Church-Home conversion we shared a few weeks ago.
You can see more photos and architectural renderings at ArchDaily | Watertower of Living / Zecc Architecten.
Images: Zecc Architecten
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Neat. A nightmare for the aged though!
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Someone lives here? Really? Because you'd never guess it from these photos. It looks more like a sensory deprivation dungeon.
(Although if you link to the site you'll see a goldfish in a bowl in the kitchen. Poor little fish.)
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And you get buns of steel just taking the trash out!
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Well, you definitely wouldn't need to sign up at the local gym when you practically live on a stairmaster. Those photos have got to be from the architect's photos before anyone moved in. The place is so stark and cold--practically sterile! I feel chilly just looking at those photos.
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It looks like one of the heads on Easter Island!
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I can't even imagine the Feng Shui challenges! ;)
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I like how someone is repelling down the side!
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very beautiful but very uncomfortable to live in! It would be a nice art-gallery or something like that, but not a house!
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You people have no imagination. This place is insanely cool.
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Lizzykewl - Maybe the owner wanted to get downstairs faster than the stairs? Don't take that seriously - it was meant as a joke.
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I agree w/ Blandwagon. I love it. I would like to live there with just my bf & have complete run of the place.
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There's a water tower like this in our town, and the idea of turning into a house was briefly entertained then completely rejected. Every time drive by the thing I wonder what living in it might have been like. Thanks for this peek.
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