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• Architects

  dmvA

• Location

  Holsbeek, Belgium

• Category

  Houses

• Principal Architects

  Mr. and mrs. Wathion – Van Hellemont

• Project Team

  David Driesen, Tom Verschueren, Valerie Lonnoy, Sofie Buggenhout, Liesbet de Winter

• Constructional Engineer

  Studie 10

• Concept

  House in Disguise

• General Contractor

  Van Merhaeghe (carcase work) – Alucobel (aluminium)

• Area

  288.0 m2

• Project Year

  2011

• Photographs

  Frederik Vercruysse

Text description provided by the architects. Since the project is built on a marvelous spot in the Belgium woods and in a hilly country as ‘Vlaams Brabrant’, it requires an unpretentious architecture. The architecture must merge into the landscape.

This house is no typical Flemish house, but an oblong living-object, transversely placed on the contour of the hill, taking over the form of the slope. No bricks were used for this house, but rather a camouflaging green skin of plants and sedum, providing the ultimate integration of house and nature.

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