Pluim House / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten

Pluim House / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten - Exterior Photography, Facade, Windows
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Ghent, Belgium
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  319
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2022
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Johnny Umans
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Accoya, Reynaers Aluminium, Antisone veneer maple, Ayous Chinese Paper, CREPI DECOR, Lighting spots Thimble, Parquet Maple, SonaSpray, Xinnix
  • Lead Architects: Seger Delmulle, Frank Delmulle, Jana De Meutter
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Text description provided by the architects. The project was built against a house designed by architect Marie-José Van Hee. A painting by Vermeer, called ‘Het Straatje’, served as an image for Van Hee. The design of the house was to apply the same main rule as Van Hee: responding rigorously respond to the surrounding preconditions and preserving and strengthening the existing dialogue: an answer to her answer.

Pluim House / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten - Interior Photography, Stairs, Facade, Handrail
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The low facade, with a green oasis behind it, creates a distance towards the neighbors across the street and ensures that the sunlight reaches the street. The floors were withdrawn from the street scene and respectfully followed the withdrawn facade of the adjacent house.

Pluim House / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten - Exterior Photography, Facade, Garden, Courtyard
© Johnny Umans
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The common walls border various courtyards and cornices that have been adopted, creating a subtle balance between integration and differentiation. Two modest linked facades, with the same height, opening, and scale, but each with its own individuality and zeitgeist. That's how Vermeer's ‘straatje’ is back.

Pluim House / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten - Interior Photography, Table, Windows
© Johnny Umans
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Plan

The project was built mostly closed, like a pedestal, up to a height of four meters. This houses a wheelchair-accessible hospital room with a bathroom and a home office, both with a view of the courtyard gardens at the front and back. On the pedestal: a fine and transparent volume in wood. The first floor, with bedroom and bathroom, is recessed to parapet height in the pedestal, for privacy and intimacy.

Pluim House / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten - Interior Photography, Bedroom, Windows, Chair
© Johnny Umans
Pluim House / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten - Interior Photography, Bedroom, Windows, Door
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Plan
Pluim House / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten - Interior Photography, Windows
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At the very top is the open living space with spacious views of the skyline of Ghent. The house opens upwards, as it were. The higher up in the house, the more panoramic. Extensive planting in the courtyards and on the green roofs creates shade and privacy and provides a contrasting living experience of peace and greenery in the middle of the city.

Pluim House / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten - Interior Photography, Chair, Facade, Windows
© Johnny Umans

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Cite: "Pluim House / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten" 01 Dec 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/992982/pluim-house-delmulle-delmulle-architecten> ISSN 0719-8884

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