A timber extension has been designed to attract in mild and supply assist for a mature wisteria tree on this refurbishment by Belgian architectural studio Hé! on the outskirts of Brussels.
The Nineteen Twenties home – referred to as Kasteel after Kasteelstraat, the street it sits on – is situated within the quiet residential neighbourhood of Ganshoren within the northwest of the town and is house to a household of 4.
Purchasers Frederik and Els commissioned Hé! to create a versatile area for them and their two daughters by eradicating an present rear annexe, which was blocking mild to the property.
The studio changed the outdated annexe with a compact, two-storey timber body construction, made with demountable bolted joints. This versatile design means it is going to be simpler for the household to take away or alter the construction ought to they should sooner or later.
“The brand new extension is designed to be as compact as doable whereas having as a lot spatial impression as doable on the present home itself,” mentioned challenge architect Hanne Eckelmans.
“The extension is in dialogue with the present home and creates spatial views, connections, mild and air within the rooms,” Eckelmans added.
Kasteel’s kitchen is now situated in the midst of the home, which was once the darkest area however has been brightened by Hé!’s interventions.
The extension is house to a brand new eating space on the bottom flooring, whereas the primary flooring turns into a split-level area between the ground-floor kitchen and the lounge above.
These three ranges are linked by a double-height void with a big glass wall and an open stairwell.
A key a part of the transient was a lined area to park bikes, buggies and coats, so Hé! designed an area between the entrance facade and a brand new inside glass wall.
The surfaces of the pine extension have been left uncovered, making a distinction with painted white brick partitions and giving the area a recent, up to date really feel.
The brand new extension was designed round a “lovely” wisteria tree within the again backyard, which used to cling to the outdated annexe. The construction now acts as a pergola for the purple trailing plant, forming a brand new out of doors room for the household.
“It was a problem to maintain this wisteria intact throughout the demolition work of the outdated extension,” mentioned Eckelmans. “Afterwards, we designed a brand new construction to assist the wisteria”.
The interiors additionally embrace olive inexperienced MDF furnishings, whereas the brand new flooring within the kitchen and loos have been completed with cream tile strips which are normally used as wall cladding.
The home entrance facade has additionally been prolonged to create area for 2 youngsters’s bedrooms with a view out over the Atomium, Belgium’s landmark modernist constructing.
Primarily based in Brussels, Hé! was based in 2017 by Hanne Eckelmans and Renée Verhulst, working throughout structure and inside design and specialising in renovation tasks reasonably than new builds.
Earlier accomplished tasks embrace the conversion of a warehouse right into a four-storey townhouse, studio and co-working area with a timber-framed rooftop extension, additionally in Brussels.
Different house extensions lately featured on Dezeen embrace a restored and prolonged vacation house perched on a rock stack in Cornwall and a Victorian house in Hastings full with a sequence of latest steel and timber volumes.
The pictures is by Tim Van de Velde.
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