Renovation of a villa

Description: Extension and renovation of a villa
Type of project: House
Type of customer: Private
Department: Transformation and construction
Location: Hoeilaart, Brussels (BE)
Surface area: 209 m²
Year: 2012-2014
Contractor: NAD sprl

Pictures: Maxime Delvaux

The building is located in the Groenendael district near the Station on the edge of the Sonian Forest in a beautiful natural setting. The detached house overhanging the street is overlooking a wooded green area that cannot be built. It is bordered in the back by a large garden surrounded by hundred-yearold trees. The peculiarity of this building lies in its roof with two very steep slopes (60°) which dominate the facades. Given its exceptional natural context, the idea was to link the building with its surroundings. The house was completely covered with anthrazinc (dark grey zinc) to create a high performance thermal envelope and to unify the facade and the roof. Two extensions, like frames, were built in order to connect with the surrounding landscape. These extensions to the outside have increased significantly the space on the 1 st floor and converted the space under the roof in a beautiful viewpoint.

Renovation of a house 

Description: Renovation and extension of a house
Type of project: House
Type of customer: Private
Department: Renovation and extension
Location: Auderghem, Brussels (BE)
Surface area: 198 m²
Year: 2012-2014

The house is situated in a remarkable picturesque development of the 50s enchantingly named after the Apple trees area “Le clos des Pommiers fleuris”, which reunites around fifty houses on the borders of the Woluwe river near the Tenreuken ponds. These houses are not taking advantage of this idyllic surrounding: little or no openings in the rear facades, small rooms and low ceilings. It was difficult to keep any elements of this house to satisfy the contractor’s wishes: Transform the house in low-energy or Passive House, increase the number of rooms and expand the space. The project was therefore to build an extension on two levels transforming the entire rear façade, creating a new staircase, cleaning the front façade, removing and replacing the walls by mixed steel and concrete columns, designing integrated furniture and finally through paying attention to each detail, offering a coherent and holistic project.

Renovation of a house 

Description: Renovation and extension of a single house
Type of project: House
Type of customer: Private
Department: Transformation and renovation
Location: Schaerbeek, Brussels (BE)
Surface area: 309m²
Year: 2013-2014

At a few meters from the project Ruche I, the existing home dating from the 20s, is a standard neo-classical Brussels attached construction with a large dimension. The existing extensions are too narrow, making the access to the garden difficult and presenting some major structural defects. Rethinking the volume of the extensions in order to make them compatible with the main body and ensure integrated relation with the garden are the main lines of reflection. The existing volume was opened laterally and connected to a new construction of a two-story shape, connected with a newly enlarged kitchen and spread on two levels one dedicated to the kitchen and one dedicated to the children. Playing with light and shade, the whole project expands itself outside through a concrete terrace terminated by a long gardening box.