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Avelgem Housing
Belgium
Firm
Type
STATUS
Concept
YEAR
2027
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
With De Baes Architects
Facing a national housing crisis Belgium encourages development and intensification of their small towns instead of sprawl. Neither rural nor urban, what form should housing in these areas take?
Located in Avelgem Belgium, this project is situated on a significant road leading to the old tower church, and directly faces City Hall. In spite of its location the site is currently host only to a small abandoned factory and the family home of its operators, both unused for years.
New housing in a rural community is urban planning by definition. And so we begin with urbanism. Ironically, much of the new housing in the area retreats from its context. Unquestioned, as-of-right regulations leads to a wall of apartments on each of the roads that define the property, perpetuating the current closed and tunnel-like streetscape. Setting aside the normal outcome we instead distribute 35 units across five blocks. In the process forming a passageway through the site, a shortcut to the city hall, and green space for the neighborhood. Buildings engage the street with a modified house-in-the-park typology, breaking the street wall to create connections.
Facing a national housing crisis Belgium encourages development and intensification of their small towns instead of sprawl. Neither rural nor urban, what form should housing in these areas take?
Located in Avelgem Belgium, this project is situated on a significant road leading to the old tower church, and directly faces City Hall. In spite of its location the site is currently host only to a small abandoned factory and the family home of its operators, both unused for years.
New housing in a rural community is urban planning by definition. And so we begin with urbanism. Ironically, much of the new housing in the area retreats from its context. Unquestioned, as-of-right regulations leads to a wall of apartments on each of the roads that define the property, perpetuating the current closed and tunnel-like streetscape. Setting aside the normal outcome we instead distribute 35 units across five blocks. In the process forming a passageway through the site, a shortcut to the city hall, and green space for the neighborhood. Buildings engage the street with a modified house-in-the-park typology, breaking the street wall to create connections.
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