Article source: DMOA architects

A beautiful plot with endless views… but unfortunately next to a truckers company. How to make the most of these two contradictory influences? Our concept: we placed a narrow, long and tall house on the far right of the parcel. The property itself acts as a screen to cover up the unsightly, noisy neighbour on the right. The right side of the house has a blind facade, while the other side opens freely towards a large, sunny garden, where there is little evidence left of the fleet and accompanying roar. Or how everything falls into place by an atypical choice of implantation and volume.

Image Courtesy © Luc Roymans

• Architects: DMOA architects
• Project: The Screen
• Location: Bierbeek, Belgium
• Photography: Luc Roymans
• Software used: Vectorworks, SketchUp
• Lead Architects: Charlotte Gryspeerdt, Marleen Rosier, Benjamin Denef, Matthias Mattelaer
• Engineering: Marcel Lavreysen
• Site Area: 2683 m2
• Floor Area: 440 m2 in 3 floors
• Finished: In 2015

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