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BOT architektuurcollectief . photos: © Jeroen Verrecht

A 70’s split-level house with a square ground plan, dark spaces and no relationship to the large garden was transformed into a contemporary home with plenty of daylight and carefully framed views to the beautiful surroundings. The house is located on a corner plot on the edge of a typical Flemish allotment in Diepenbeek and near to the nature reserve De Dijken where the Stiemerbeek and the Kaatsbeek flows into the Demer. In the large open corner garden, there was deliberately no construction to preserve the openness to the neighbourhood and the landscape. The overall footprint of the existing house was reduced and adapted with some clever interventions to fully exploit the qualities of the plot. Continue reading BOT architektuurcollectief

BOT architektuurcollectief . photos: © Jan Willem Meugens + BOT architektuurcollectief

A 1950s row house in the city center of Hasselt is due for a new chapter. Potteries were demolished to make place for a new volume. A new extension with a better relationship to the deep backyard. The existing main volume was completely stripped and allowed to benefit from the new vista to the garden. Continue reading BOT architektuurcollectief

BOT architektuurcollectief . photos: © Dennis Brebels

On an existing school site in the Flemish village center of Boekt, four new classrooms are being built to complement the existing nursery school. The massive and compact new building in fair-faced concrete is set perpendicular to the existing school building and brings the school into relationship with the public domain. To connect the two buildings, a circular concrete canopy is placed centrally. The core in the middle is used as an outdoor storage area, around which the children can play, walk and cycle endlessly. Depending on the weather, the canopy serves as a large umbrella or parasol. By allowing the roof to cantilever six meters, there is some flirting with gravity. The gaps created by the building ensemble and the canopy encourage discovery, are child-sized and provide a clear meeting place for the school and the village. Continue reading BOT architektuurcollectief