The passive house gives high-quality urban living a place in a hidden corner of Brussels’ city center. On a very shallow plot between high apartment buildings, the house offers an exciting living solution.The building typology blends a building with an industrial character and a mansion, both building types characteristic to the neighborhood.
A large bay window marks the entrance and organizes the façade composition.
The main component of the building is red-brown brick, cross-masonry in an alternation of colorless glazed and non-glazed bricks. The brick shell folds around the corners on the nines and sides of window openings and of the bay window. Lintels and sills are made of glazed brick that matches the brickwork in terms of color.
We design a house that is somewhere between a building with an industrial character and a grand house.
The bay window marks the entrance and organises the facade composition.
The interiors are fresh, colorful and generous
The interiors are fresh, colorful and generous
The rounding has been incorporated as a leitmotif in plan, reveals and corners.
The main component of the building is red-brown brick pattern rolling over the facade
Werfstraat
Brussels
Street elevation
Long section
Short section
The ground floor and the first floors are designed in such a way that they can also be rented out as a studio, after the children leave the house.
First floor
Second floor
Third floor
Fourth floor
Axonometric view
- Design teamDirk Somers, Nicolas de Paepe, Carole Boeckx, Sander Laureys, Marius Grootveld & Nuño Zapata
- LocationBrussels
- Year2017 - 2020
- PhotographyDavid de Bruijn