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06 Oct 2003 / former_easa_blog

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Meyer House

picture by www.mon-architecte.be more pics can be found there

Location: 4780 Recht, Belgium
1997-1998
Architect: Yves Delhez

¬ Structure: tree-trunks (spruce, larch)
¬ Cladding: oak, larch and cedar (non-treated)
¬ Roof: slate and planted

”The house is situated hillside of a former railway-embankment. The central volume of the building is quite narrow and stretched and closed by a flat roof. The latter is completely covered with arable earth where shrubs and other vegetation will be planted.
Inside an arch symbolizes a bridge and the wooden floor lays on simple tree-trunks which are placed in a staggered arrangement – as they were in the forest.”

Excerpt translated from mon-architecte.be

Delhez generally tries to use some traditional technique to give the buildings some sculptural effect. Yet here he stayed quite sober in his formal language. Somehow the house does not really look as being located in Belgium.

infos are also given at info-bois

posted by rimbaud
Mon, 06 Oct 2003 10:16:03 GMT

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