Architecture etc.
Footprint
timing: 2019-present
Location: Zonhoven, BE
Architecture: William Riche & Saskia Horions
Client: Private
Status: Execution
Footprint is a renovation project of a single family house in Limburg (in the east of Belgium). Transforming a traditional post-war pitched roof house, to undress it right down to its essence. And in doing so, making the footprint of the house smaller than it was before. Making it a statement in the efficient use of (open) space in full awareness of the scarcity of space in the world.
2020
Undressed to its essence
1955
post-war pitched roof house
Footprint: 128,55 m²
Total surface: 167,50 m²
Footprint: 112,70 m²
Total surface: 170,78 m²
Reducing the footprint of the house by 13% but augmenting the useful inside suface. Leaving more room on the outside for water to infiltrate, grass and trees to grow, insects to extend their habitats.
New
Demolish
Existing
Axo: impression of the new building.
From the outside, the old will not be distinguished from the new.
Floorplan +00
Situated in the curve of the street, side becomes front facade.
Floorplan +01
Entrance, double high, direct connection to the garden.
Floorplan +02
On the inside, the old is distinguishable from the new.
North
West
South
Garden room