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Bospad House

Bospad House
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BOSPAD HOUSE

Maa_architecture Studio

ARCHITECTS
Maa_architecture Studio

LEAD ARCHITECT
Michel Parubaj

MANUFACTURERS
Caparol, Cortizo, Wever & Ducre

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Forme & Structures

KITCHEN DESIGN
Sébastien Caporusso

PHOTOGRAPHER
CaroLine Dethier

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Linkebeek, Belgium

CATEGORY
Houses

English description provided by the architects.

Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier

This house is situated on a small trapezoidal plot in a wooded setting.

The rear façade faces south. However, the veranda is completely cut off from the rest of the house.

Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier

Its size and proportions make it difficult to fit into the space.

The rest of the house needed to be completely renovated, in particular to adapt the spaces to the family's needs (the existing kitchen is old and very small!) and to give the house a more contemporary look.

Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier

To achieve this, the existing veranda was demolished and a new extension built at the back of the house.

The extension consists of two volumes, which together form an 'L'.

Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier

This layout opens up the living room on two sides, and towards the most beautiful part of the landscape.

It creates a terrace that enjoys the best orientation, adds more depth to the house, thus from the entrance, the house seems larger and deeper, and the proportions distribute the spaces advantageously.

Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
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The new living room occupies the part of the extension with the highest ceilings.

The volume is large and very open to the outside.

The overhanging roofs nevertheless provide a feeling of "protection" and comfort in the interior spaces, while protecting them from overexposure.

Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
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Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier

The dining room extension is located in the low-roofed volume.

The kitchen has been moved to the front facade and works in conjunction with the dining room.

These two spaces occupy a large rectangle, lengthened thanks to the extension, and are articulated around a very large island (380 cm), which also marks out the depth.

Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier

This makes the spaces seem even larger. A new opening has been created on the side façade, in front of the kitchen worktop.

The interior ambience was designed to be as warm as possible.

To this end, the flat-roofed wooden cottages were kept exposed.

Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
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Bospad House
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Natural-looking materials were also chosen for the floors (concrete, terrazzo, etc.).

On the outside, the new façades are clad in vertically positioned, black, openwork wooden cladding.

This gives the façades a more vertical appearance and avoids the impression of a "flattened" volume.

Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier


Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier
Bospad House
© CaroLine Dethier


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