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Project • By PSTR • Private Houses

IXL | House in Ixelles

The house is located on a plot with a width limited to 3.6m, implying a widespread circulation problem. Miguel Paternostre On the ground floor, four adjoining rooms turned the living space into a passageway where, moreover, no light entered. In addition, sunlight is scarce throughout the plot, due to a high hangar wall running along its south side. Miguel Paternostre The two challenges therefore consisted of reorganizing the spaces around functional circulation and bringing in natural light. Furthermore, we wanted to provide a real connection with nature, despite the urban environment. Miguel Paternostre The proposal consisted, on the one hand, in removing the rear annexes to restore the layout of a two-room house in direc... More