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Villa, Buggenhout, Belgium
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Villa, Buggenhout, Belgium
Buggenhout, Buggenhout, Belgium
Project Featured on Oct 16, 2016
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2010
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
BUDGET
$100K - 500K
Photos
This freestanding dwelling is situated in the middle of a parcel between woods and an agricultural
area near the village of Buggenhout. The enclosure—a modular steel fence—is an integral part of the
design and defines the volume of the house. The surrounding unkempt garden is not included, and
functions as an automotive access around the house. The dwelling itself is composed of two levels:
an open “outside house” on the ground floor, and a closed “inside house” on the first story, with
views of the woods and rural landscape. The outside house is conceived as a patio villa with a
garden. Its thick double walls—two load-bearing layers of standard brick, painted white—carry a
concrete platform that forms the base for the inside house. The inside house is a compact set of
rooms in the depth of the roof of the patio villa. This is conceived as a wooden box that covers the
platform, which is made watertight by covering it completely with a dark plastic membrane. All
detailing on this project is designed from the inside out: the huge sliding windows are added to the
façade in such a way that the frames are invisible and do not impose on the impressive views. These
are directed at the still open, rural landscape, while the neighboring houses remain relatively invisible.
By deliberately moving the fence in from the edges of the property line, the dwelling becomes
actually “freestanding”—a rare luxury in parcelized Belgium.
Building team:
• general contractor: CS Bouw, Schoonaarde
• contractor wood (structure and walls): Schrijnwerkerij Dam-Baert, Zele
• contractor wood (doors and cupboards): Thierry Lagae, Brussels
• contractor steel: Mertens, Grimbergen
• contractor windows: FMP, Duffel
area near the village of Buggenhout. The enclosure—a modular steel fence—is an integral part of the
design and defines the volume of the house. The surrounding unkempt garden is not included, and
functions as an automotive access around the house. The dwelling itself is composed of two levels:
an open “outside house” on the ground floor, and a closed “inside house” on the first story, with
views of the woods and rural landscape. The outside house is conceived as a patio villa with a
garden. Its thick double walls—two load-bearing layers of standard brick, painted white—carry a
concrete platform that forms the base for the inside house. The inside house is a compact set of
rooms in the depth of the roof of the patio villa. This is conceived as a wooden box that covers the
platform, which is made watertight by covering it completely with a dark plastic membrane. All
detailing on this project is designed from the inside out: the huge sliding windows are added to the
façade in such a way that the frames are invisible and do not impose on the impressive views. These
are directed at the still open, rural landscape, while the neighboring houses remain relatively invisible.
By deliberately moving the fence in from the edges of the property line, the dwelling becomes
actually “freestanding”—a rare luxury in parcelized Belgium.
Building team:
• general contractor: CS Bouw, Schoonaarde
• contractor wood (structure and walls): Schrijnwerkerij Dam-Baert, Zele
• contractor wood (doors and cupboards): Thierry Lagae, Brussels
• contractor steel: Mertens, Grimbergen
• contractor windows: FMP, Duffel
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