House DSA | MarS Architecten
It seemed difficult to give a new life to House DSA, a vacant agricultural building in the rural part of the Belgian municipality of Grimbergen. But the owner – a family who lived in the city – and touched by the beauty of this mini-run, asked MarS Architecten to design a contemporary project. Other important requirements were the preservation of the view of the underlying agricultural land and a long-term energy-independent home. In view of the latter, all possibilities are foreseen to invest even more in renewable energy sources. A design was proposed by the architects that would visually contrast with that of the existing home with livestock stables in decline. For this purpose, a ruined shell was created that immediately formed an acoustic buffer to the street and the surrounding area. Photography: Yannick Milpas
House DSA was banal and characterless and in a very bad condition. The adjacent stables and barn were much more powerful in volume. Their massiveness immediately appealed to everyone, but they did not contain any comfort, or the technical construction to be able to rebuild correctly. Yet the architects wanted to get started with that distinctive and solid brick structure, and especially with the impressive double gable on the left. Furthermore, they felt it was important that this brick feeling in the home should be felt. They chose to empty the buildings completely and to keep the solid carcass as a mantle and to build within it a maximum prefabric...
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