OSB bathroom

studioMERZ realised an (extra) bathroom in a house consisting of two connected apartments. The existing kitchen was removed and replaced by a complete OSB object: the new bathroom. The object fills the niche and gives it a new function. When the occupants move out, the bathroom can easily be removed and a kitchen reinstalled.

This is in line with studioMERZ’s design principle: Permanent Temporality. Using what is already there and enriching it so that the function changes. Without taking away from the existing structure, so that it can be given a new function again and again. Because everything is temporary.

OSB is not a logical choice as a material for a bathroom, but when treated with care it reinforces the image of a temporary object.