Paleis Het Loo

After a large-scale renovation and years of construction, Paleis Het Loo is open to visitors again. The palace has been sustainably renovated, the interiors are restored, and the quarters have been newly decorated. For the palace route, which the public can follow on their own with the fascinating audio stories, we provided through our custom printing label Prints van Oranje unique carpet runners with lifelike prints of the historical floors of the past.

PALACE ROUTES WITH AUDIO STORIES

The palace and its inhabitants of the past are being brought back to life with fascinating audio stories. There are two routes throughout the palace. Palace route east takes you into the story of Willem and Mary, the first inhabitant of Paleis Het Loo in the seventeenth century. Palace route west shows you how the later generations of the Oranges lived in the palace. The chambers on the routes have been decorated exactly as they were in the past. To have visitors fully experience this historical atmosphere, as much as possible museum-like elements have been left out. Possible distraction like text plates has been taken away. The visitor flows have also been examined. Everything for an as fluent as possible visit.

CARPET RUNNERS WITH PRINT OF ORIGINAL FLOORING

To enhance the authentic palace experience even further, ‘invisible’ carpet runners have been developed that can hardly be distinguished from the original palace floors. The printed runners are an accurate photographical image of the original floor underneath them. For example, a wooden floor, marble, or mosaic. Kossmanndejong, responsible for the concept and exhibition design: “We photographed the floors and printed the exact pattern directly onto the runners. The route markings and listening stops for the audio tour are also marked on the runners. This way we protect the historical flooring of the museum, the space is being optically enlarged and the visitor can completely submerge into the room.” The choice for the executions of the runners was made for the acoustic and sustainable carpet quality Velours Special of Prints van Oranje. This carpet corresponds perfectly to the posed requirements and wishes with around 30% sound absorption and amongst others a Blue Angel certification.

PROJECT DETAILS

Design Kossmandejong
Installer TDL Karpetten
Photography Karina Alvarenga
Products Prints van Oranje - Custom carpet