Swelling LV / LR Architects

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Seneffe, Belgium

Text description provided by the architects. The client wanted to build a house for four people. The willingness to use eco friendly insulation materials quickly led us to choose a wooden structure. Beyond any environmental considerations, a light construction was necessary because of a very humid soil. The wooden framework thus proved appropriate on both grounds.

Swelling LV / LR Architects - Windows, Facade
© Laurent Brandajs

On the outside, the Trespa panels give the façade a unique appearance. The idea was to create a black box and mark the façade as well as remaining in a timber-framed logic, hence using light materials. Both a construction area reduced to an 11 meters square and the south orientation of the front façade led us to choose the construction of a cube scooped up in some places to create terraces. Inside, everything is built around a large central space which serves all other rooms. The importance of this central room is emphasized by a greater ceiling height.

Swelling LV / LR Architects - Windows, Facade
© Laurent Brandajs

The house is equipped with a geothermal heat pump - the perfect choice considering the very humid condition of the ground - and a double-flow mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery. The ground floor is ground-heated. There is no heating in the bedrooms, insulation and ventilation retaining and redistributing the heat in each room. In this project compact building proves less expensive.

Swelling LV / LR Architects - Door, Windows, Facade, Garden, Courtyard
© Laurent Brandajs

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Cite: "Swelling LV / LR Architects" 17 May 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/235038/swelling-lv-lr-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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