Architects: ADN Architectures
Area: 25 m²
Year: 2014
Photography: Filip Dujardin
Project Team: Félix Haudrechy, Mélanie Roussel
Construction: Pino
City: Anderlues
Country: Belgium
House AND, designed by ADN Architectures in Belgium, expanded a small pavilion-type home to improve living space. Completed in 2014, the project addresses the limitations of standardized housing by adding an extra room with an inverted roof and unique window framing, creating a dialogue between old and new through contrasting architectural elements.
The Belgian territory is full of houses resulting from industrialization of housing. These pavilion-type homes remain the most widely produced and desired type, making affordable the “ideal-life” of a house with a garage and a garden that many Belgian citizens dream of. However, the standardization of these houses has led to a reduction in quality, both in terms of space and integration into the urban landscape.
This particular house had become too small for its owner, who wished to expand his living space. The request was limited to one extra room. The response drew inspiration from the existing house to create contrast: an inverted roof in opposition to the existing traditional roof, less ordinary window framing for specific views of the outside environment, and a wooden structure rather than the older masonry. This extension creates a dialogue between old and new through opposition: a wooden cabin grafted onto the home, a traditional construction attached to the image of standardized habitat.
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Address: Anderlues 6150, Belgium
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