Refuge II / Wim Goes Architectuur
Spring
© Filip Dujardin
Architects: Wim Goes Architectuur
Location: Flanders, Belgium
Architects In Charge: Wim Goes, Anja Houbaert, Tim De Messemaeker, Johannes Berry
Area: 71.0 m2
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Filip Dujardin
© Filip Dujardin
From the architect. SpringWe were asked by our client, diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), to adapt his house with an eye on the future. After meeting with the ergotherapist, we knew we had no time to spare considering the aggressive nature of the condition.
© Filip Dujardin
Refuge II is a temporary project.
The existing concrete carport was chosen for the project because of the limitation in adaptability of the existing house. Of course, a barrier-free floor plan was a major concern, but what came to me as being even more important was mental accessibility.
There is no hope to heal.
There is a need for a universal hope, helping each other, involvement, engagement, friendship beyond limits.
How can we make architecture with this"
Why not building with friends and family"
With materials everybody knows from their childhood.
Straw and sand referring to the playground, the smell, the memory?
© Filip Dujardin
SummerMore than a 100 friends and family contributed in constructing Refuge II.
With tutori...
© Filip Dujardin
Architects: Wim Goes Architectuur
Location: Flanders, Belgium
Architects In Charge: Wim Goes, Anja Houbaert, Tim De Messemaeker, Johannes Berry
Area: 71.0 m2
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Filip Dujardin
© Filip Dujardin
From the architect. SpringWe were asked by our client, diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), to adapt his house with an eye on the future. After meeting with the ergotherapist, we knew we had no time to spare considering the aggressive nature of the condition.
© Filip Dujardin
Refuge II is a temporary project.
The existing concrete carport was chosen for the project because of the limitation in adaptability of the existing house. Of course, a barrier-free floor plan was a major concern, but what came to me as being even more important was mental accessibility.
There is no hope to heal.
There is a need for a universal hope, helping each other, involvement, engagement, friendship beyond limits.
How can we make architecture with this"
Why not building with friends and family"
With materials everybody knows from their childhood.
Straw and sand referring to the playground, the smell, the memory?
© Filip Dujardin
SummerMore than a 100 friends and family contributed in constructing Refuge II.
With tutori...
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