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.

DESCHANEL

août, 2017

DESCHANEL

Apartment with a rooftop

Description: Transformation and extension of an apartment building
Type of project: Housing
Type of customer: Private
Department: Renovation and extension
Location: Schaerbeek, Brussels (BE)
Surface area: 168 m²
Year: 2010-2012

Pictures: Maxime Delvaux

Dated back to 1927 and at the corner of Rue de la consolation with Avenue Paul Deschanel the brick building of 4 levels is in Art-déco style. The apartment situated on the 4 th and last floor benefitting from the roof could be extended to enjoy the 360° panoramic view of the city. The challenge was to put a contemporary volume in recess from the other façades. It is now engraved in the usually nacreous sky of Brussels. The apartment required an in-depth renovation. In addition to the opening of the staircase leading to the annex, the plan was redesigned to provide open and functional spaces released from obsolete and bulky decorations while promoting a set of existing decoration details.

PREVOT

juillet, 2017

PREVOT

Renovation of a house

Description: Renovation of a single house
Type of project: House
Type of customer: Private
Department: Renovation
Location: Ixelles, Brussels (BE)
Surface area: 291 m²
Year: 2012-2013

In Brussels area of the “Châtelain” and as the “Bailly”, Page and “Tabellion” streets, the “Prévôt” street reminds the time when part of the “Ixelles” district was occupied by a manor. At the beginning of the 20th, the installation of D’Ieteren Company on the “Mail” street and many other dealers in its wake, contributed to gentrifying the neighborhood which, after a standstill linked to the exodus from the Centre of Brussels, is recuperating since the last 10 years, a middle class population. The micro project consists of the construction of a parental en-suite in a large and comfortable family house by adding a new space including a bathroom. The relatively significant difference in level between the dressing and the bathroom has been compensated by the construction of a platform for the bedroom. It was raised in order to offer more privacy while making the whole space more comfortable. The furniture helped unifying the functional aspects of the bathroom. The woodwork and the picture window create a spatial composition and enhance the architectural elements.