![Dolez / B612 Associates - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5012/6ad3/28ba/0d1b/4c00/06f3/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414490894)
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Architects: B612 Associates
- Area: 5988 m²
- Year: 2010
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Photographs:Serge Brison
Text description provided by the architects. The project is a new housing complex of 34 high-standard apartments from 1 to 3 bedrooms. It is located in a valley floor between the so-called plateau Avijl and Kauwberg, two high-value ecological sites of Uccle (a Brussels' District). This is a very sensitive situation at the articulation of urban and rural spaces and the border of a protected natural site.
Our proposal was to reinforce the existing connections with the landscape. Its formal expression is based on a sound analysis of the site topography and the morphology of the built surrounding.
The apartments are organized into those two main buildings (with four floors each) around a common garden. This disposition offers a high permeability from the public space to the central garden and the open natural space of the Kauwberg in the background. It also generates a large panel of different apartments that enjoy generous roof terraces, balcony and private gardens.
![Dolez / B612 Associates - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5012/6ac9/28ba/0d1b/4c00/06f1/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414490919)
The facades are composed so to echo the random yet regular principles of natural patterns : the elegant windows alternate with sober light gray masonry in an non define but strict rhythm while the aluminum balcony are inspired by the surrounding bamboo motive.
![Dolez / B612 Associates - Wood, Facade, Handrail, Deck](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5012/6adb/28ba/0d1b/4c00/06f5/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1414490924)
The two main volumes of the project slope down from the street in the direction of the Kauwberg and melt into it the landscape as the green-roofs' gardens rejoin the soil.
The project is conceived as a continuous unfolding movement that weaves the urban constructions with their natural environment.