As a final point, the sculptural volume which
overcomes the typical Flemish house was built at the end of a row of dwellings.
The systematic facade behind which the neighbouring houses are hidden is broken by split-level floors wrapped into a facade with random
openings. Thanks to a difference of ground level with the neighbour, the office
is located in a semi-basement, turns into a living room that due to its
“bel-étage”, releases a range of viewpoints and internal relations between the
different spaces. Despite its slightly inclined roof that protects the night
spaces and the entrance which penetrates the main volume, the house follows the
guidelines brought by the urban settlement while it pushes aside the typical
flemish typology. The metal plated skin gives to the volume a certain autonomy
like a block of basalt that has been created here under the influence of its
qualitative environment.