The ground floor of this house from the 60’s was extended, starting from the basic image of the archi-typical room that dominates the banal Flemish architecture. The main volume consisting of two living rooms and front yard was preserved and adapted on the inside with some small changes to the interior. The existing rear building was demolished and made place for a newly build enfilade of inner and outer rooms that cover the whole surface of the building plot.

To obtain maximum natural daylight penetration, the architects chose to disconnect the newly build annex by creating an outdoor room in front of the enfilade. This way each room is adjacent to an outdoor room and gets direct sunlight.They arranged the rooms in a way the separation between both serving and served spaces is clear as day.

Each room was designed as a unique collage of floor, wall and ceiling in a way that each room’s identity reflects its function. Throughout all the different rooms a scene was created in which life can take place as desired.

The enfilade of individual rooms was visually reinforced through a continuous panelling in a standard waterproof green MDF. The line of this panelling continues in the outside room in the masonry bond. This way the panelling is the only binding element between the inner and outer spaces. The reduced, well-defined architecture wants to encourage, but is not obtrusive or dominant.