![House VVDB / dmvA - Forest](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5009/4a0f/28ba/0d27/a700/22ca/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1414004617)
Text description provided by the architects. In the eighties architect Jan Van Den Berghe built his own house on a marvellous spot, close to the channel Mechelen-Brussels.
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Roof-type, symmetrical ground plan, wooden structure, honest materials, the use of cement stone and many-coloured aluminium joinery, were the main characteristics of this period building periode in Flanders.
![House VVDB / dmvA - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5009/4a14/28ba/0d27/a700/22cb/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1414004669)
The post-modern pyramid house was a statement for the seventies/eighties. Architect Van den Berghe requested dmvA to refurbish his own house for his daughter.
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No spectacular alterations, but subtle interventions, round perforations through the floors, a new central spiral stair, ‘whitening’ of the floors. Altogether an architectural attitude based on respect!