Atelier Tom Vanhee

House with Writing Shed

House with Writing Shed
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House with Writing Shed 

Atelier Tom Vanhee

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Tom Vanhee

PROGRAM
House With Writing Shed

STABILITY
Lime Engineering, Francis Delacroix- Lime Engineering (Stability)

MANUFACTURERS
Ag Plastics, Cedral, Knauf, Mortex, Promat, Recticel, Resitrix, Sto Crepe, Schluter, Stone, Vmzinc, Velux

PHOTOGRAPHS
Ellen Goegebuer

AREA
195 M²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Ghent, Belgium

CATEGORY
Houses

House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed

Inspired by the staggered layout of the other constructions in the street, the functions of this house were arranged according to a herringbone design.

House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer

The three volumes – with the second pushed back in relation to the first, and the third in relation to the second – were finished on the outside with wooden boards whose pattern continues over the adjoining blind walls.

The living area spans different volumes and gains in spatiality thanks to the parents’ raised bedroom. The writing shed in the garden provides the creative owner with their own space.

House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer

We used wood for the typical blind facades of rowhouses in combination with crepie (crep cladding)and diamond slates on the roof.

The same materials were used for the writing shed at the end of the garden. The materials accentuate in a natural manner the herringbone rhythm while integrating them into the context.

House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer

We chose materials based on their life cycle analysis score. solar panels provide electricity, the house is heated at low temperatures with underfloor heating.

House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
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House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer


House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer
House with Writing Shed
© Ellen Goegebuer


House with Writing Shed
Plan - Garden house
House with Writing Shed
Plan 01 - Ground floor
House with Writing Shed
Plan 01 - 1st floor


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Section 01
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Section 02

Atelier Tom Vanhee
T +32 2 2451618 M +32 496 127438
Atelier Tom Vanhee
Rue Verboeckhaven 99, 1030 Bruxelles, Belgium