![Room in the City / 51N4E - Exterior Photography, Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ed1/a042/b357/654c/d900/016e/newsletter/Sans_titre-1.jpg?1590796309)
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Architects: 51N4E
- Area: 300 m²
- Year: 2016
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Photographs:Maxime Delvaux
![Room in the City / 51N4E - Exterior Photography, Garden, Courtyard](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ed1/a00f/b357/654c/d900/016d/medium_jpg/Sans_titre-2.jpg?1590796253)
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](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ed1/95fe/b357/654c/d900/0154/medium_jpg/Sans_titre-25.jpg?1590793692)
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](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ed1/9e9e/b357/654c/d900/0169/newsletter/Sans_titre-7.jpg?1590795900)
![Room in the City / 51N4E - Exterior Photography, Chair, Courtyard](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ed1/9f3c/b357/6538/ab00/024e/newsletter/Sans_titre-5.jpg?1590796056)
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](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ed1/9ac6/b357/6538/ab00/0248/medium_jpg/Sans_titre-17.jpg?1590794915)
![Room in the City / 51N4E - Image 31 of 31](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ed1/a0b2/b357/654c/d900/016f/medium_jpg/160_20180109_axono_elements_update-02.jpg?1590796436)
![Room in the City / 51N4E - Interior Photography, Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ed1/984d/b357/6538/ab00/0238/medium_jpg/Sans_titre-21.jpg?1590794280)
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](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ed1/9fd7/b357/6538/ab00/0250/medium_jpg/Sans_titre-3.jpg?1590796213)