Elmar Reizen — row of workstations on a pink rug, with a planter and an oak slatted wall

Elmar Reizen / dé VakantieDiscounter

Offices — Amsterdam

A colourful working environment on the Herengracht centred on travel, meeting and working together.

Summary

For the office of Elmar Reizen, the company behind dé VakantieDiscounter, we delivered an extensive package of bespoke interior work. Spread over several floors and around 2,225 m², the result is a distinctive office environment with lounge areas, customer service workstations, meeting rooms, pantries and plenty of integrated greenery.

Client

Known to Hemlock

Sector

Offices

Location

Herengracht 256-266, Amsterdam

Completed

2023

Elmar Reizen — long built-in bench in blue-stained wood against a planter, with round high tables

Project

On Amsterdam’s Herengracht, dé VakantieDiscounter was given a new working environment with one clear starting point: the holiday feeling had to be tangible in the office too, with light pastel colours, natural wood tones, greenery and bold branding giving each floor a character of its own. Our bespoke interior, from coffee and lounge areas to meeting rooms, customer service workstations and informal meeting spots, ran from the ground floor up to and including the third, fourth and fifth floors.

Elmar Reizen — pantry with a long oak high table, oak kitchenette and locker wall

Elmar Reizen — curved oak desk islands on round rugs, with the orange platform on the right

Approach

The bespoke work follows the office’s playful identity and supports different ways of working. Among other things, we made coffee points, lounge benches, large planters, meeting tables, focus spaces, lockers, pantries and bespoke furniture for customer service and flexible working.

In various places, seating and workstations are combined with integrated greenery. Acoustic panels, upholstery and bespoke wall panelling also contribute to a pleasant working environment in which openness and concentration alternate.

Elmar Reizen — view through an open oak cabinet with plants towards a group of workstations

Elmar Reizen — oak seating steps with green tiles and grey poufs on an oak platform

Elmar Reizen — boardroom with a large round oak meeting table on herringbone parquet

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Detail

One of the most recognisable elements is the so-called Elmar Jungle: a large composition of planters at different heights that sets the green character of the interior as soon as you walk in.

The bespoke work is also full of playful references to travel and relaxation. Among other things, we made a travel-agency counter with space for an interactive screen, lounge elements with planters, tiered seating platforms and even a pétanque court on one of the floors.

The combination of wood tones, pastel colours, upholstery and greenery matches the design concept, in which the holiday feeling has been deliberately translated into the everyday working environment.

Elmar Reizen — salmon-pink upholstered seat against a planter, with pink lockers

Elmar Reizen — corridor with a striped upholstered wall bench and laptop tables

Elmar Reizen — marble stair beside the oak slatted wall of the lift

Credits

End client:: Elmar Reizen / dé VakantieDiscounter

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