Art Room
Art Room
OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen
ARCHITECTS
Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen
MANUFACTURERS
Allaert Aluminium
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Forme & Structure
LIGHTING ADVISOR
Chris Pype
TEAM
Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Alexander Smedts, Nicholas Jacobs, Shinji Terada
LOCATION
Brussels, Belgium
CATEGORY
Cultural Architecture, Residential Architecture, Extension
Text description provided by architect.
This single large room is dedicated to one function, to enjoy a private collection of art. Inserted in a steep slope of a garden of a villa in Brussels, the room connects the two different levels on each side of the building.
On the higher level, the sliding door opens to a steel platform and a spiral stair that takes you down from the street level to the lower garden level. On the other side, a large window gives way to a roofed terrace overlooking the garden.
A reflective inclined roof negotiates its surrounding context by following the slope of the context.
The negotiation between the simple concrete box inserted into the slope and the inclined roof makes a gap between the two, creating a perfect opportunity for taking in natural light.
The room finally provides a simple yet comfortable double-height space, referring to the atelier typology with its shed roof.
