KINOGRAPH

juillet, 2019

KINOGRAPH

Ephemeral cinema in the SeeU square

Description: Ephemeral cinema
Type of project: Transitional occupation
Type of customer: Private
Department: Extension and renovation
Location: Ixelles, Brussels (BE)
Surface area: 60 m²
Year: 2019
Stability engineers: Verhelst engineers

Pictures: Delphine Mathy

Located in the former barracks of the Gendarmerie in Ixelles, the Kinograph project, the first ephemeral and cooperative cinema in Brussels, is part of a context of transitional occupation of the site (See U), before its reconversion planned for 2023.

CANS

juillet, 2019

CANS

Two new duplex in a typical Brussels house

Description: Transformation of a family house into a two apartment building
Type of project: Housing
Type of customer: Private
Department: Renovation and conversion
Location: Ixelles, Brussels, (BE)
Surface area: 400 m²
Year: 2017-2019

In a very densely populated island near the lively Place Fernand Coq, a typical Brussels house is grafted onto the rear facade of a rectangular parallelepiped.

The transformation and extension of this former apartment building into an island interior makes it possible to increase the surface area and improve the quality of the four apartments while offering a diversity of typologies and preserving the intrinsic qualities of the front building.

CARRE TILLENS

mai, 2018

CARRE TILLENS

Three houses in Uccle

Description: Three single houses
Type of project: House
Type of customer: Private
Department: Construction
Location: Uccle, Brussels (BE)
Surface area: 426m²
Year: 2018

In a quiet and green island located in Uccle, the Tillens project proposes the construction of three passive houses. Formerly the Brussels countryside where the local residents already spontaneously cultivated vegetable gardens, the 5 hectares of Tillens today are home to a remarkable fauna and flora. The development of the Tillens park into a neighbourhood green space is intended to recreate a social dynamic and to induce a participative approach based on community activities.

The volume is fully aligned with the neighbouring house and is in harmony with the surrounding volumes. In order to dialogue with the surrounding context, the project proposes windows aligned in height and form a predominantly vertical ensemble. The alleyway facades are marked by wooden frames and spandrels and punctuated by dormer windows. The 3 houses are clad with white matt enamelled bricks, assuming the filiation with its older sisters. Particular attention has been paid to the relationship between the ground floor and the pathway by creating a recess in the facade serving both as a functional space (bicycle garage) and as a space for interaction with the park in relation to the house via the kitchen.

SOIGNES

août, 2017

SOIGNES

Renovation of a single house

Description: Renovation of a single house
Type of project: Housing
Type of customer: Private
Department: Renovation
Location: Forêt de Soignes, Belgium
Surface area: 200 m²
Year: 2018

Pictures: Delphine Mathy

The project was to modify a house to meet the needs of a young family. The couple wished to adapt their house to the needs of their time.

Two extensions to the existing house, one on the ground floor and one in the roof on the second floor are located in the rear elevation.

A red brick shed was built to the rear of the existing building. It gives character to the whole.

On the ground floor, an open space is provided, linking the dining room, kitchen and living room. As a result, the existing main building and outbuilding will be connected to each other. The existing building is demolished and a high quality open space is created.

The front room is used for entertaining guests. The owner, a psychologist, occasionally wanted to receive a patient at home. The staircase in the middle of the main building, ideal for dividing the plan into two parts, will serve as a passage between the reception room, the living room and the toilets. Similarly, on the first floor, the staircase between the two children’s rooms and the central part will house the bathroom.

MONTENEGRO

août, 2017

MONTENEGRO

Two apartments

Description: Transformation of a single house into an apartment building
Type of project: Housing
Type of customer: Private
Department: Transformation and renovation
Location: Saint-Gilles, Brussels (BE)
Surface area: 341 m²
Year: 2012-2013

Pictures: Maxime Delvaux & Delphine Mathy

Located in one of the most densely populated and more cosmopolitan districts of the country in what is commonly called the bottom of Saint-Gilles, the house presented the model of a typical Brussels house with an eclectic polychromatic façade. The project consisted in having two units of apartments distributed on 5 floors. The main developments are the composition and simplicity of lines to obtain an optimal spatial quality. In order to design larger apartments, extensions were made on the ground floor / garden and under the roof space. The rear façade was widely open to provide for more natural light and view of the inner courtyard. Communal areas have been reduced to their simplest expression in order to give more space to living areas. The different functionalities, displayed through elements of furniture, are filling up the released space. By using simple material, the project tries to show the paramount importance of implementation both through the finishing touches and the integrated furniture.