Studio Farris Architects transformed a small barn, part of a farm complex with several buildings, into an office space with meeting room, library, office desks and a resting/reading area.

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Architects: Studio Farris Architects

Location: West Flanders, Belgium

Area: 100.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Koen Van Damme

Contractor : Vooruitzicht - Art

Structural Engineering : Brosens

Client: Private

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From the architect. Studio Farris Architects transformed a small barn, part of a farm complex with several buildings, into an office space with meeting room, library, office desks and a resting/reading area.
© Koen Van Damme

The owner wanted to have a small office detached from his house so he would be able to work from home at times. The stable was no more in use so he decided to use it as his home-office.The original stable, dating back to the early 1900s, was composed of several small rooms on two floors. With their renovation, the architects wanted to transform this fragmented space by enhancing the perception of the total form of the building. So they completely emptied it by demolishing the rooms and the first floor. Within this outer brick envelope, they created an inner one made out of concrete. A new ?box? with a ser...