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Vermeiren – De Coster Architecten . photos: © Koen Van Goethem

A detached bungalow house is in poor condition and has few assets: the rear garden and veranda are north – facing and the bulky, single-storey building volume contains bedrooms on the busy street side with lots of cut-through traffic. The interior spaces are small, dark and connected by a long corridor, the very low attic space under the hipped roof is unusable. The house is being thoroughly remodelled and extended in search for more quality spaces and a better relationship with its surroundings: the hipped roof and part of the building volume on the street side is demolished, as well as the old-fashioned porch. Continue reading VDCA

VDCA . photos: © Olmo Peeters

A bare leftover plot in a wooded area is located between two ‘fermettes’ (family houses with farmhouse characteristics) with trivial gardens and has an unfavorable orientation.
A new house is situated at the back of the plot and the plot is reforested. In this way the forest reaches out to the street again, the neighboring houses are out of sight and the house has a better orientation. Continue reading VDCA

vermeiren – de coster architecten . photos: © Olmo Peeters

The house is located on the corner of the Pothoekstraat and the Lange Van Bloerstraat in Borgerhout, Antwerp.
The adjacent buildings in this two streets are different: they are built in other time periods and differ in their appearance and structure, but the building grain is similar: narrow plots define the rhythm of both streets.
This particular urban context sets the approach to our design. We created a corner house that appropriately connects with both streets, subtly points out the differences between the two streets and gets suitable facade dimensions, but also clearly highlights the corner. Continue reading vdca

vermeiren – de coster architecten . photos: © dennis de smet

At the end of the 19th century, a Neoclassical row house was constructed together with a mirrored neighbouring house. Both houses got a deep rear extension under a common gable roof with a blind rear facade. 
The renovation retains the lay-out of the front house, but is searching for light and air, for scale and spatial experience in a new back house, respecting the volume of the original construction.  Continue reading VDCA

Vermeiren – De Coster Architecten . photos: © Dennis De Smet

For the project ‘Urban Housing Plots’ by SOGent, a compact, city center row house was designed. The house was to be bordered by an old home with limited height, depth and a saddled roof on one side, and a new home which was to be taller, deeper and with a flat roof on the other side. Furthermore, the new construction was to replace the support of the buttresses of the older neighbor. Thus, its bearing structure was designed to accommodate a solid support for the older home. Continue reading Vermeiren – De Coster