Posted on 3/29/2016
Designed by Office O Architects (OOA), this family residence located in a rural area of Tremelo, Belgium, makes both an architectural and a sculptural statement with its unique voluptuousness and experimental approach to interior spacing. Having a client who encouraged experimentation and enforced no restrictions, the architects eschewed orthogonal geometry and opted instead for curved walls, sloping ceilings and a pinched bowtie-like plan.
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 ...