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Architects: Studio mxmxm
- Area: 49 m²
- Year: 2021
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Photographs:Tim Van de Velde
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, FSB Franz Schneider Brakel, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Binderholz, Resitrix, SLV, Trimble Navigation
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Text description provided by the architects. In 1956, the parents of the current residents built a modern bungalow house on this tree-rich plot designed by architects Jaqcues Pêtre & Jan Tanghe. The plan is conceived on a grid of 1,12 by 1,12 meters consisting of an outer shell of black tarred wooden walls interspersed with large windows and a cantilevered roof supported by 10 steel columns.
![Studio for Stained Glass Artist / Studio mxmxm - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Table, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6189/644e/7e35/f901/655d/3a79/newsletter/025atelier216.jpg?1636394080)
In 2020, the current residents asked Studio mxmxm to design a new studio space on this plot to accommodate a stained glass artist's practice. In harmony with the existing house, a new detached building was erected based on the same grid of 1,12 by 1,12 meters.
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The 4 facades are built in a black-stained wooden framework which also forms the supporting structure of the roof. A glass window runs all along the façade, sometimes high up to catch indirect northern light, sometimes halfway to create intimacy, and sometimes all the way day to create a close visual connection to the greenery. The roof is made out of 4 CLT panels that span the entire space and pitch down towards the centre like a ‘butterfly’. On the inside only the structural lines are stained black, the infills between are out of bare wood or glass, creating a graphic pattern reminiscent of the graphics of stained glass windows.
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The existing house achieved maximum freedom and efficiency through a structural logic of 10 steel columns and fixed dimensions. The same building methods were continued in the construction of the new studio space with the latest available wood techniques.
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The wooden structure and roof are completely prefabricated and put together on site. After pouring the concrete foundation plate only 2 days were needed to place these prefabricated wooden elements together which considerably shortens the construction time.
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This project has been rationally conceived in the function of structural freedom and cost efficiency without losing its playfulness.
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