De Smet Vermeulen Architecten

House in Burst

House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet

HOUSE IN BURST

De Smet Vermeulen Architecten

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Erpe-mere, Belgium

CATEGORY
Houses

House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet
House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet

Text description provided by architect.

The house stands along a country road between two parish churches on a large stretch of land sloping down toward the street.

House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet
House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet

What should a country house look like today - the question was immanent. One would expect a small cottage parallel to the road with a barn behind it.

We wanted something just as proper. The lofty barn and the cottage with its dormer windows grew into one volume.

House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet
House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet

The skin reveals these transformations. The smaller rooms along the street façade communicate with the living rooms sitting higher on the slope.

Together they constitute both a split-level house with interconnected rooms and a sequence of separate atmospheres.

Abstraction is muted by equivocal reminiscences. The combination of rustic and bourgeois imagery in the interiors projects an openness to different views.

House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet
House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet
House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet

Airtight, energy efficient, robust and made of renewable resources the house was built to last.

“The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.” Adolf Loos


House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet
House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet


House in Burst
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House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet
House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet
House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet
House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet
House in Burst
© Dennis De Smet


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House in Burst
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De Smet Vermeulen Architecten
De Smet Vermeulen Architecten
Apostelhuizen 9, 9000 Gent, Belgium