The Narrow House
THE NARROW HOUSE
Bassam El Okeily
ARCHITECTS
Bassam El Okeily
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2009
LOCATION
Bilzen, Belgium
TYPE
Residential › Private House
It’s a narrow house ( 5,30 cm) in a small city called Bilzen, near the Holland frontier.
It’s my first house, and the building master are a couple in their sixties.
The gentleman is passion by the history of art while his wife is an artist.
The house has a closed ground floor exterior (entrance & garage) topped by a total transparency in glass.
The display window reveals two balconies in skewed positions projection from a white façade.
The lower balcony contains a reading corner for a library belonging to the gentleman of the house, while providing him with a sheltered view of the street.
The upper balcony accommodates an artist’s studio, the private domain of his wife. Blue light turn the façade into a spectacular light sculpture after dark.
it’s a narrow house in a narrow street, which offers the tale of a man , a woman and their passion.Architecture become a pretext to chair something else than the sidewalk.
A house is a space to live; it could also be a place to remain.Plan Legende1- Garage2- Kitchen3- Living area4- Terrace5- Wc6- Vestiaire7- Hall8- Hobby 1 (gentleman office)9- Bathroom10- Bedroom11- Hobby2 ( artist’s studio)
