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House BRAS is located on a lush green site abutting a pond in the middle of an old allotment in the suburbs of Antwerp.
The house is designed to blend into its surrounding natural landscape. The meandering plan allows daylight to penetrate during all seasons and at any time of the day while achieving unobstructed views of the garden.
The ground floor consists of three main zones – the living area with an open kitchen, an exercise area with a swimming pool and sauna, and an evening zone with bedrooms and a space for music offering a panoramic view of the pond. These zones are physically and visually connected with glazed passages along four closed blocks covered in dark larch veneer leading to ancillary spaces such as stairs, pantry, entrance and bedrooms.
On the first floor is a master suite with views of the tree crowns and a library overlooking the pond through the double height music room.
Technical spaces and car parks are located underground and are accessible through a ramp that appears to cut through the pond.
Trusses are integrated in the roof slopes, making it possible to realize large column-free cutouts in the natural stone envelope. These openings are finished with aluminum joinery.
To emphasize the monolithic character of the house, the 5th façade is also clad with Musschelkalk natural stone slabs. The slabs in 3 different sizes are placed in a directionless Roman pattern so that the roofs and facades fuse together enabling the house to blend into the landscape like a stone in a forest.
front in the evening
entrance door in the evening
guest toilet
showerroom children
form lakeroom to entrance
double height lakeroom
double height lakeroom
masterbedroom looking to lakeroom
master bathroom and passage to dressing
living area
living area sitting
living area open kitchen
living area pantry
from living area to exercise wing
pool
stairs to basement
living area morning view
backside form across the pond morning view
pool and sauna evening view
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ground floor
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DDM ARCHITECTUUR is based in Belgium and China. We deliver personalized design and coordination services in the field of architecture, interior and urban design for the most demanding private, public and corporate clients.
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