Casa H, Brussels

271, Avenue Louise, Ville de Bruxelles, Belgium

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Tyche Apartment

Casa H, Brussels

271, Avenue Louise, Ville de Bruxelles, Belgium

Firm

CaSA - Colombo and Serboli Architecture

Type

Residential › Apartment Private House

YEAR

2010

This apartment, conceived for a young
professional bachelor, occupies one floor of an office block on a wide avenue
in Brussels city centre.
The main priority when this project was
undertaken was to exploit the brightness of the huge windows in such a way that
no part of the considerably lengthy floor plan was left without natural light. In
order to achieve this, glazed partitions with different levels of
opacity have been used as walls. Curtains of varied thickness have been
used for light control and to preserve intimacy.The original open-plan layout was to be
maintained whilst creating space for: a living room, a small
studio, kitchen, bathroom, a wardrobe that doubles as guest room and a master
bedroom overlooking the quiet courtyard and a large tree.
Irregularities have been streamlined and
converted into various utility features such as the toilet and laundry room,
making for a cleaner and more rational space. The functions of a traditional
bathroom have been split between two different spaces: a more private space
containing the W.C, and a glazed, elongate shower-room adjacent to the bedroom.The project aimed at
maximizing possibilities within a relatively tight budget through a clever use
of materials and layout.