In purely spatial terms, an interior can be reduced to the inside of a construction. And yet it has some specific characteristics that give it its own status. Access and use are selective. The building’s functional programme is recognizable via the interior. And there are a number of preconditions, such as contemporary living and working comforts and circulation possibilities.
"The interior is the ideal zone in which the user leaves his or her mark on an edifice, potentially at the design stage already. But above all, everyday use is decisive. The ensuing dynamics can have far-reaching consequences for the original concept."‐ Dirk Laureys, collection manager
Eduard Van Steenbergen, kitchen design for the houses in the garden city Unitas in Antwerp (Deurne), c. 1929
Jean Charles Delafosse, undated design for a 'grand cabinet'
Emiel Van Averbeke, cosy corner house De Keuster, 1897
Jozef Huygh, family hall of his own house in Antwerp (Deurne), c. 1923
Model interior from the catalogue of the ceramics factory Gilliot in Hemiksem, 1920s
Ernest Wauters, interior design, c. 1930
Léon Stynen, Jan Vanhoenacker and François Dens, interior casino of Knokke, c. 1930
Eduard Van Steenbergen, interior house De Reiger in Kalmthout, 1934
Jul De Roover, model interior for the exposition Het Nieuwe Wonen in Antwerp, 1953
Walter Toubhans, in collaboration with Claire Bataille and Angela Melsen, interior study, 1960
Bob Van Reeth, interior house Nijs-Van Rompuy in Mortsel, c. 1973Would you like to consult an archive?
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