A new Belgian brick bungalow in the town of Zandhoven is designed by architect Hans Verelst as a nod to the modernist architecture of California
'The design of this house arose from a critical dialogue with the client, in which the search for the meaning of living stood central. ‘What is the value of a house and what should it represent?’ The ultimate exercise was, besides merely making space for functions, to commemorate living,' writes the architect. 'The house appears as a carrier of life. This carrier, where memories and events are created, is a support for life.
Verelst's approach is rooted in honesty in material use, an almost brutalist approach to design that affords the home a layered and tactile quality. Brick is used in walls, but also floors, nodding again to modernist architecture. A dark brown, timber pergola wraps around it on the outside, crowning it with the softness of wood. Meanwhile, its colour palette and surface compositions might bring to mind 1970s homes, in Belgium and abroad.
The mature garden around the home is another key feature that helps this project become a coherent whole. It gently contrasts with the structured architecture, through swathes of wild flowers and seemingly – and strategically – overgrown grass. It forms a natural backdrop where this Belgian brick bungalow lies nestled, warm and inviting, contemporary but also familiar.
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