a wavy interior space, the lighthouse, created by mass design crowns the top of a 1920s houseboat in amsterdam. a wooden wave inside the former wheel house forms a writing shack, reading room and champagne bar with a 360 view that spans the canals. at night, its light is a glowing beacon in the former docklands, while providing an enclosed space for relaxing.

 
 
mass design renovated the last room in the century-old boathouse, and created this rooftop space for the two-people home. the old wheel house sat at the top-front end of the boat as an empty box with stunning views over the harbor. ?the space was begging to be transformed into a conceptual crown on top of all our work?, say the ship owners.

 
 
?we commissioned mass design for a multifunctional interior that catered to working, relaxing and entertaining. we wanted a very pragmatic approach to designing this small 10m2 interior but it also needed to have the boldness of an art piece?. the result was a wooden wave that took the shape of water the boat travels on and froze it in time.
 
 
the curvy envelope was designed around the different functions of the room. ?the interior mimics the waves it used to travel on, undulating throughout the room. everything flows together; seating to tables, tables to walls, creating one continuous surface in which even the ceiling participates,? say the designers.

 
 
in a radial array around the room, vertical wooden panels were cnc milled to form the organic bench an...