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House SSK in the city with a Eurometropolitan dream
House SSK in the city with a Eurometropolitan dream
Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium
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House SSK in the city with a Eurometropolitan dream
Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium
House SSK confronts the old urban fabric with the desire for a larger whole. The house disengages from its context but is at the same time imprisoned within it.
The Flemish city is wrestling with an identity crisis. The development of small, affordable, high-quality urban dwellings plays a crucial part in the evolution of the old urban fabric which, if it is to survive, must become part of a higher-density metropolitan entity. Kortrijk is part of the cross-border Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai, centrally located between London, Paris and Brussels. A constant tension exists between local and metropolitan developments.
The plot, in an old working class area in the centre of Kortrijk, prompted reflection on the intrinsic value of this urban fabric. Did it call for renovation, or intensification, or would tabula rasa be a better strategy'
The house combines these different options. It detaches itself from the existing frontage line, allowing for the creation of a volume that fulfils contemporary requirements. The facade was reconstructed as a gesture towards integration and at the same time acts as a buffer. Inside the plot this gave rise to an unrestrained freedom.
The building could now be optimized and oriented so as to generate the most efficient Existenzminimum possible. Every square metre counted. The plan organization is straightforward, with a central volume where all the building services and stairs are concentrated. The rest of the house is open.
The house was effectively turned inside-out, with beauty being created on the inside. On the plot boundary, the existing walls were preserved and the construction materials left exposed. The residual spaces were turned into leafy front and back patios. At the front this greenery blends with the street.
Here the city becomes a part of the house. Or vice versa. In House SSK a boundary is non-existent.
The Flemish city is wrestling with an identity crisis. The development of small, affordable, high-quality urban dwellings plays a crucial part in the evolution of the old urban fabric which, if it is to survive, must become part of a higher-density metropolitan entity. Kortrijk is part of the cross-border Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai, centrally located between London, Paris and Brussels. A constant tension exists between local and metropolitan developments.
The plot, in an old working class area in the centre of Kortrijk, prompted reflection on the intrinsic value of this urban fabric. Did it call for renovation, or intensification, or would tabula rasa be a better strategy'
The house combines these different options. It detaches itself from the existing frontage line, allowing for the creation of a volume that fulfils contemporary requirements. The facade was reconstructed as a gesture towards integration and at the same time acts as a buffer. Inside the plot this gave rise to an unrestrained freedom.
The building could now be optimized and oriented so as to generate the most efficient Existenzminimum possible. Every square metre counted. The plan organization is straightforward, with a central volume where all the building services and stairs are concentrated. The rest of the house is open.
The house was effectively turned inside-out, with beauty being created on the inside. On the plot boundary, the existing walls were preserved and the construction materials left exposed. The residual spaces were turned into leafy front and back patios. At the front this greenery blends with the street.
Here the city becomes a part of the house. Or vice versa. In House SSK a boundary is non-existent.
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