Collective housing
Description: Housing building of 9 apartment, bicycle shop and parking
Type of project: Mixed program
Type of customer: Private
Department: Transformation, demolition and construction
Location: Ixelles, Brussels, (BE)
Surface area: 820 m²
Year: 2017-2020
In a lively area of the municipality of Ixelles, the Gray project involves the construction of a mixed-use building consisting of a shop and 9 mixed-use apartments as well as a 32-space bicycle parking lot.
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.
Renovation of a house
Description: Renovation of a single house
Type of project: House
Type of customer: Private
Department: Renovation
Location: Auderghem, Brussels (BE)
Surface area: 196 m²
Year: 2011-2013
Near to the “Rouge-cloître”, only a few hundred metres from the Hermann Debroux viaduct and its office buildings, close to one of the most important entries in Brussels, the plot was the only left development site of the street. The site is surrounded by two different building types: 30’s detached family houses in a classical style and other small apartment blocks of 2 to 3 floors. The owner wanted a quick cheap construction, functional and efficient, with a particular feature that it could be used in two ways: a detached house with 4 bedrooms or a two floor apartment plus an independent studio. To meet the criteria of cost and time we opted for a precast solution. Taking into consideration also the environmental criterion, we decide to use solid wood panels covered by insulation outside and left raw inside. In order to reduce the aspect of a wood, and to twist the classical pattern gazed wooden floor, the soil has been painted with a white epoxy resin. Wide openings were introduced in the monochromatic street façade which was enhanced by a touch of colour to make reference to the modernists projects of the 50’s in Brussels.
