Room in the City / 51N4E

Room in the City / 51N4E - Interior Photography, Stairs, ArchRoom in the City / 51N4E - Exterior Photography, Chair, CourtyardRoom in the City / 51N4E - Exterior Photography, Stairs, Brick, FacadeRoom in the City / 51N4E - Exterior Photography, Garden, CourtyardRoom in the City / 51N4E - More Images+ 26

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Room in the City / 51N4E - Exterior Photography, Garden, Courtyard
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Text description provided by the architects. The client, a family of 5, lives in an archetypical row house on a dense plot in the historic centre of Leuven. 

Room in the City / 51N4E - Exterior Photography, Stairs, Brick, Facade
© Maxime Delvaux

The home is transformed into a collection of connected spaces with very diverse characters: a very big, high, and bright space with zenithal light becomes the centre of the project. A small adjoining brick shed is reached through a secret staircase. The street-side room serves as a vestibule, a reception space plus a storage room. The garden becomes an open-air room with green walls and an oversized water element. 

Room in the City / 51N4E - Exterior Photography, Patio
© Maxime Delvaux
Room in the City / 51N4E - Exterior Photography, Chair, Courtyard
© Maxime Delvaux

The rooms are defined through a careful formulation of building elements: a floating glass roof, a thin concrete staircase, a terrazzo floor slab, a green earth wall, a large sliding window. 

Room in the City / 51N4E - Interior Photography, Table, Chair
© Maxime Delvaux
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Room in the City / 51N4E - Interior Photography, Windows, Facade
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This collection of rooms becomes an ambivalent living environment in the continuum of public and private rooms that compose the city fabric.

Room in the City / 51N4E - Interior Photography, Stairs, Arch
© Maxime Delvaux

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Cite: "Room in the City / 51N4E" 11 Jun 2021. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/940684/room-in-the-city-51n4e> ISSN 0719-8884

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