
2016
concept, interior design & styling
5.800 sqm, 133 rooms, living room, restaurant and eventspaces
amsterdam, nl
2016
concept, interior design & styling
5.800 sqm, 133 rooms, living room, restaurant and eventspaces
amsterdam, nl
Facilitating global living and working for the travelling professional, Zoku, Japanese for family, tribe or clan, disrupts the hotel industry. Zoku is a relaxed place to live, work and socialise with likeminded people while getting wired into the city.


A loft at Zoku is much more than just a hotel room. It is a spacious micro-apartment, or, better yet, the ‘Zoku Loft’. In the loft Zoku and concrete identified, designed and positioned all functions and needs of the global nomad in an intelligent way, creating an interior module that enhances the sense of spaciousness and functionality.
The Zoku Loft provides a stylish and spatial feel due to its flexible interior with a focus on the living and working space instead of the sleeping area. In lieu of the bed, the central element is a four-person table that can be used to work, eat or relax. The Zoku Loft offers a spacious experience in a room of at least 24 square metres.



Zoku Amsterdam, the first to open, is situated in the ‘Metropool building’ at the Weesperstraat, a former office building by architect Arthur Staal. When you come from the city on your bike, like a typical Amsterdam resident, and leave the Rijksmuseum and skinny bridge behind you, you see a glimpse of a modernistic building with a seemingly floating top floor. Arthur Staal, also known for the Shell tower in the north of Amsterdam, always added something special to his buildings, known as ‘the crown’. On this crown concrete designed a traditional Dutch greenhouse, one of its kind in Amsterdam, which is connected to the existing structure.
The guests’ first meeting with Zoku will be on top of the Metropool building, walking through a green oasis but still connected to the bustling city thanks to the amazing views. All public functions are allocated in the crown on the top floor. As soon as the guests enter the living room on the top floor and leave the city behind, this is when they become a Zoku member, and are able to meet other nomads, eat, play, work, read, and do all the stuff they would do at home. After meeting a Zoku sidekick, who will help them find their way in the temporary home, the full Zoku experience can begin.






total area 5200 sqm
rooms 109
communal spaces living room, restaurant and event spaces
responsibilities concept, interior design & styling
team rob wagemans, maarten de geus, melanie knuwer, manon pol, ulrike lehner, ayca dogan, bart de beer, murk wymenga, sofie ruytenberg, femke zumbrink, jolijn vonk
client zoku international, nl
architect pca architecture, fr
photography ewout huibers
2016
winner | European Hotel Design Awards - best bedrooms & bathrooms
winner | European Hotel Design Awards - best lobby, lounge & public areas
winner | Entree Awards - best hotel concept
winner | Finest Interior Awards - best hotel apartment
finalist | Gold Key Awards - best guest room midscale
finalist | Gold Key Awards - best eco-conscious or socially conscious hotel
2017
winner | Big Sleep Awards - best game changer