Martelaar

Ghent, Belgium
2019 - 2022
a wall is no barrier - house_garden_house_garden = 'gardenhouse' - 'hangar' = house to hang around - gardenrooms - different views, different games - hide & seek & play
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Meersemhof

Ghent, Belgium
2023 - 2025
how to transform a plot house from the 80s - a roof spreads its wings - steal beams carry first floor and roof on their shoulders - a house opens up to the garden - you're welcome
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Braem

Wachtebeke, Belgium
2018 - 2020
the worker has left the building - project ‘veranda’ - timber frame wrapped in glass - transition in space _ transition of experience - room with a view _ room in a view
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Peperhoek

Zomergem, Belgium
2024 -
family life is a jungle – or is it parklife? – enjoy it - sleeping in a tree - green everywhere also with your eyes open – a stately but dark house sees the light and finds joy – supported by blue metal beams
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Jeanne d.

Ault, France
2024 -
the old house and the sea - a castle - more like a shelter - a story to be told
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Patijn

Ghent, Belgium
2014 - 2018
interbellum house - turned inside-out: brick in, plaster out let’s play with the bpa - 3 adhered houses - one skin - high to low - light is everywhere - split levels - views are everywhere - why stand if you can hang
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House for a Friend

Assels, Ghent, Belgium
2021 -
who wants dry feet - a friend_selfbuilder - a house with endless possibilities - more space then rooms - nevertheless a room with a view
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Kolegem

Ghent, Belgium
2024 -
not everything is rectangular - a house swirls between neighbouring plots - high to low - open to the streetscape - privacy in the backyard – a green roof covers, protects - building is connecting - building is sheltering
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B&baz

Bazel, Belgium
2016 - 2018
modernistic doctor’s home becomes bed and breakfast - ‘we like your personality’: new and old _ similarities but very different - wall becomes wooden slab - 3 new elements: a staircase, a terrace and a round balustrade _ AND a tiny house - ‘take shelter’: a canopy like a tree branch - in between village and natural reserve
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lousberg

Ghent, Belgium
2025
Time flies while gravity pulls – down to earth – nevertheless - an old stately townhouse opens up and connects – a floor ascends to riverview – steel, concrete and wood elements collaborate as slender acrobats - connecting two floors – inviting a green garden – in – out – respect for the evergreen – who doesn’t want to refresh once in a while?
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Rochus

Kortrijk, Belgium
2018
‘a man needs a shed’ - warehouse becomes garden - a kitchen in the garden - the rythm of the steel warehouse - trusses translated into wood
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Gans

Lokeren, Belgium
2019
a shed - ‘the surroundings are too beautiful to block the view!’ ‘let’s build half a building’ _ AND an old barn, slow as a tortoise - shelter for people and a food truck - and also: there will be light!
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Amersfoort

Amersfoort, The Netherlands
2016
we commemorate the past - let’s look forward to the future - we’ll meet, we’ll play, we’ll see
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