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OFFICE

VILLA IV . Brussels

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OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen

This is a house for a family with two young children, one of whom uses a wheelchair. For that child, the house functions as a world in itself, easily accessible, complex yet smooth – a continuous panorama. The round floor plan tries to emphasise this relationship between house and garden, between intimate and extrovert spaces. Its centripetal form collects a set of particular rooms that are easily accessible through the central space, which functions as storage. Continue reading OFFICE

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BLAF

wsT House . Ternat

BLAF . wsT House . Ternat afasia Stijn Bollaert (20)

BLAF architecten . photos: © Stijn Bollaert

wsT House is one of the experimental houses BLAF architecten is known for in Flanders and beyond. It is part of their research to build in a different way, striving for high-performance sustainable houses that addresses the precise relationship between material, construction and context. Since the introduction of energy performance standards ‘EPB’ in 2006, thermal insulation in building skins gradually got thicker, causing a shift towards light and low cost facade cladding materials such as plaster (putz), scales, tiles, textiles etc. Continue reading BLAF

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García . Ruiz-Rivas

METAMORFO . Madrid

García . Ruiz-Rivas . METAMORFO . Madrid Javier de Paz afasia (1)

Julia García Lozano . Miguel Ruiz-Rivas Avendaño . photos: © Javier de Paz García

Why did we stop playing?
The client, a young entrepreneur, finds the action of playing not only as an entertainment, but as a social instrument. He seeks to point out the importance of ‘playing’ as an activity inherent in culture, and the main tool for the development of thought, memory, reason and social relations. Continue reading García . Ruiz-Rivas

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Dominique Coulon & associés

‘Olympe de Gouges’ group of schools . Gidy

Dominique Coulon & associés . 'Olympe de Gouges' group of schools . Gidy afasia Clément Guillaume (1)

Dominique Coulon & associés . photos: © Clément Guillaume

The school group consists of fourteen classes, located on the edge of fields north of the village of Gidy, not far from Orleans. It meets the need to create places in nursery and primary education that has resulted from an increase in the local population.

This large building does not fall within the standards for urban architecture. Its village atmosphere is achieved by applying volumetric arrangements that make the building appear smaller than it is. Continue reading Dominique Coulon & associés