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Architects: MarS Architecten
- Area: 300 m²
- Year: 2012
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Photographs:Yannick Milpas
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Manufacturers: ELEVATE, Reynaers Aluminium, Bisazza, European Oak, Lucon Floors, Umicore, VMZINC, Vangrieken, Viessmann
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Lead Architects: Stephan & Myriam Van Wassenhove - Vangenechten
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Architects: MarS Architecten
- Area: 300 m²
- Year: 2012
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Photographs:Yannick Milpas
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Manufacturers: ELEVATE, Reynaers Aluminium, Bisazza, European Oak, Lucon Floors, Umicore, VMZINC, Vangrieken, Viessmann
Text description provided by the architects. Making the old one last longer because of the new: for centuries, architecture has done nothing else than this exercise of reuse, until the demand for recycling stagnated by an abundance of materials. Although the development of sustainable use encourages the recycling of materials such as those of buildings, reuse is not always an obvious thing and in the first instance it conflicts with the wear and tear of the objects that one wishes to reuse. It therefore seemed difficult to give a new life to this vacant agricultural building in the rural part of the Belgian municipality of Grimbergen. But the owner - a family who lived in the city - and touched by the beauty of this mini-ruin, asked the architect to design a contemporary project. Other important requirements were the preservation of the view of the underlying agricultural land, and a long-term energy-independent home. In view of the latter, all possibilities are foreseen to invest even more in renewable energy sources. A design was proposed by the architects that would visually contrast with that of the existing home with livestock stables in decline. For this purpose a ruin shell was created that immediately formed an acoustic buffer to the street and the surrounding area.
