House in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS

House in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS

House in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS - Image 2 of 38House in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS - Windows, BeamHouse in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS - Stairs, HandrailHouse in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS - WindowsHouse in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS - More Images+ 33

  • Partner In Charge: B. Vleurick
  • Associates: Gh. André, S. Bessalah, B. Darras, Ph. Gaube, I. Hankart, P. Hendrix, Th. Henrard, A.S. Petit
  • Building Services: Ph. Samyn, J . Michiels, SAMYN and PARTNERS, FTI sa
  • Construction Coordinator: JC Consulting
  • Cost Control: FORUM
  • Management: A. Charon
  • Model: A.M.A., F. Van Hoye
  • Botanical Artist: Patrick Blanc
  • Glass Roofs: L'ATELIER DU VERRE
  • Watertightness: MEULEMAN J-P
  • Automatic Watering: AUTOMATIC SPRAYING SYSTEMS
  • City: Brussels
  • Country: Belgium
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House in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS - Facade
© Marie-Françoise Plissart

Text description provided by the architects. This house for an artist includes the street level of an existing small house. It now houses the entry hall, a family room and a kitchen; the living-room and the stairway are in the extension to the building.

House in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS - Windows, Beam
© Marie-Françoise Plissart
Longitudinal Section
House in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS - Beam, Windows
© Marie-Françoise Plissart

The second floor includes the master bedroom with its bathroom, as well as ve children’s rooms and sanitary installations. They are equipped with a mezzanine protected by textile netting that will lead to the glassed-wall facade.

Cross Section

The house presents curved and vegetalised facades that are very private and closed to the neighbours to the north, the east and the south. In contrast, the west facade is entirely glass-walled as if it were one huge partitioned window.

House in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS - Facade, Garden
© Vincent Everarts

It is planned that Immense translucid white polyester curtains in widths of 1.6 m suspended from the top of the structure to the ground floor would run along this great « window » to ensure shade in the summer months.

House in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS - Image 2 of 38
© Marie-Françoise Plissart

Initially conceived as a wall of ivy with a patinated cop- per roof, the vegetalised facade is finally composed of a selection of exotic plants chosen by the botanical artist Patrick Blanc, and extends to cover the roof.

House in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS - Image 14 of 38
© Andres Fernandez Marcos

We had to design the structure, the insulation, and the water-tightness of the envelope and resolve the building physics issues in order to receive the necessary support systems, irrigation and fertilisation systems for the plants that are set into a felt support stapled to rigid PVC panels.

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Cite: "House in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS" 18 Jul 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/875896/house-in-the-outskirts-of-brussels-samyn-and-partners> ISSN 0719-8884

© Marie-Françoise Plissart

身处城市“蒸笼”中,急急急急需这样一个建筑降温 Brussels 郊区住宅 / SAMYN and PARTNERS

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