Machteld D’Hollander . photos: © Stijn Bollaert
a wall is no barrier – house_garden_house_garden = ‘gardenhouse’ – ‘hangar’ = house to hang around – gardenrooms – different views, different games – hide & seek & play. Continue reading Machteld D’Hollander
Machteld D’Hollander . photos: © Stijn Bollaert
The transformation of a small, dark laborers house into a contemporary family house. The ramshackle annex is torn down but returns as a light wooden support structure which cantilevers to form two ‘bay windows’. The whole is wrapped by a wooden window assembly. The wooden structure determines the interior. De window wrap invites the light into the house as a contemporary version of the ‘Flemish veranda’, its articulation transforms the annex into a garden room. The charm of the original interior with triangular indentations reappears as a zigzagging wall of fermacell and multiplex. The use of raw materials gives a double meaning to the phrase ‘the worker has left the building’. Continue reading Machteld D’Hollander
Caroline Lambrechts & Machteld D’Hollander Architecten . photos: © Filip Dujardin
Patijn is the renovation of a small yet stately house from the 1930s. Slightly set back from the street, the original house of three floors was built in red brickwork, with a mansard roof embracing the upper two. On the left side, the front lawn runs around the back, while on the right, the building connects with the other row houses in the quiet street. Continue reading Lambrechts & D’Hollander
