Project Name
VILLA MQPosted in
ResidentialLocation
Architecture Practice
Office O ArchitectsArea (sqm)
490Completed
2015Detailed Information | |||||
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Project Name | VILLA MQ | Posted in | Residential | Location |
Tremelo
Belgium |
Architecture Practice | Office O Architects | Area (sqm) | 490 | Completed | 2015 |
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Photo © Tim Van de Velde.
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With its wave-like concrete façade, the building turns its back to the street, securing both privacy and views, as well as ensuring environmental soundness: by shielding the spaces to the north and opening them up with floor to ceiling glazing to the south, south-east and south-west, there’s considerably less heat loss and more solar gains during winter, whereas setting them back according to the orientation provides the necessary shading during the summer.
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The flowing sense of the building’s shell is also characteristic of the interior planning whereby the spaces unfold in a sequential order across five split-levels, each half a level higher than the other. The entrance level, reached by a wide ramp, part of the carefully designed landscaping that frames the building among the surrounding pines, accommodates the garage and the master bedroom. Half a level up is the kitchen and dining area, opening up to the terrace and pool. Another level up is the living area, bathed in daylight though the full-height glazing and a linear skylight following the sloping of the roof while further up the children’s bedrooms funnel out into a balcony overlooking the land.
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Connecting all the levels, and sitting at the very heart of the whole design, a ramp-like staircase with shallow steps provides both physical access and visual contact among the spaces, allowing a natural flow from one into the other. This concept of interconnectedness is further accentuated by a protective mesh of interweaved parabolic cables that rises through the stairwell like a futuristic spine.
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