Type: Renovation
Location: Rhodes St Genèse, Belgium
Project Year: 2015, 2016
Photographs: Studio Saito, Simon Beuzart & Thomas Prudhomme
Client: Private
The commission consisted in a complete housing renovation.
With respect for the conventional exterior, the intention was to create an inside space that brings quiet and generosity.
The clients’ request was to build a dwelling that is contemporary, minimal and modest like their previous loft including a certain warmth, raw materials and luminosity.
In this project, the relationship with the outside and the existing landscape drives the inside.
The materials such as wood, stone, washi paper and brass were chosen for the space as a reflection of the outside, serving the interior by giving a warm and natural feel.
In partnership with the client, we tried to get rid of all the unnecessary. Focus on the intrinsic and long-lasting comfortable architecture. This mindset did not interfere with the meticulous and fastidious care we attributed to details.
The hidden and overlooked details are what is making this house subtle, intimate and unique.