Attracted by the large garden and the tranquil environment of this house located a few kilometres away from Brussels, the new owners wished to carry out works to make it brighter and to open it up on the outside.

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Architects: Edouard Brunet, François Martens

Location: Flanders, Belgium

Area: 370.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Studio Dennis De Smet

General Construction Company: MATRIX PL sprl + ZUBER CONCEPT

Outside Steelwork: ECOVITRE sprl

Stability Engineer: MATRICHE sprl

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Attracted by the large garden and the tranquil environment of this house located a few kilometres away from Brussels, the new owners wished to carry out works to make it brighter and to open it up on the outside.
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As they were ambivalent about the aesthetics of the existing house, part of the project was also to redesign the architectural expression, outside as well as inside, while keeping the original spirit. One of the childhood friends of the new owner put him in contact with architect François Martens who asked his colleague Edouard Brunet to team up with him. 

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With its rather old-fashioned architecture, the house is characterized by a visually h...