House Gentbrugge | Gent, Belgium | 2015
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A former workplace for a stonemason is accessible by a gatehouse along the Leo Tertzweillaan in Gentbrugge. The site has been refurbished with a cluster of new residential units and small workshops around a central square.

The client owns a portion of the site which consists of a concrete structure adjacent to a double height steel st​​ructure. The design leaves the existing structures intact and adds a third, light wooden structure.
A compact residential volume of two floors is place under the roof of the high shed pushed to the side walls. The slabs of the concrete structure is removed to create a walled garden. The existing concrete structure is preserved in the garden and is copied in the wooden structure of the house. Text description by the architects.

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Photography by: Tim Van de Velde