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Architects: ALT Architectuur
- Area: 70 m²
- Year: 2014
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Photographs:Johnny Umans
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Lead Architects: Thierry Lagrange
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Text description provided by the architects. The extension on the roof starts a dialogue with the modernistic architecture of the house.
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There are new and old steel frame windows, there is an explicit choice for a similar and sober materiality and technical details and there is a balance between a new volume constructed with two kinds of planes (windows and roof) and an old massive volume.
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The project is organised by introducing a void (new staircase) and a volume (new bathroom with bed on top).
All this results in a cottage on a roof.
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