Allers

Front view on the house.

Project details

• Project Name: Allers
• Client: Allers
• Project Type: one family house
• Principal Designer/s: Egide Meertens
• Design Team: Egide Meertens Architect bvba
• Contractor/S: Masonry Work: C & L Bvba | Roofwork: Renovite | Outside Cabinet Work: Cosemans Constructies | Heating And Sanitary Work: Heedfeld Nv | Electricity: Castro Technics | Plasterwork: Schouterden
• Date of commencement of project: 2004
• Date of completion of project: 2006
• Location of site: Maasmechelen (Belgium)
• Built-up Area: 232,5 m2
• Cost of Construction/Execution: € 244.831,66

Front view of the house.

Words from the Architect

This house is a single-family dwelling, located in an area where most structures are built using traditional building methods.

All functions of the house are organised on the ground floor.

The client attaches great importance to privacy. Hence the introvert front wall; which is counterbalanced by an open back wall.

Entrance to the house.

It is a single-volume structure with large incisions. The entrance is designed such that the transition between inside and outside spaces is very subtle.

The access to the garage is also subtle, located at the side of the house. The house's large volume integrates the slight slope of the site. This way, a discrete facade is created.

Rear view of the house.

The terrace is part of the building volume. Being covered, it forms a gradual transition between the inside and outside spaces, just like the entrance at the front.

Photographs

Rear view of the house.

Interior view of the living room.

Interior view from the entrance to the garden.

Interior view of the dining area.

Interior view of the kitchen.

Interior view of the bathroom.

Credits

• Text by Egide Meertens (translation by 'Aalsters Vertaalbureau')
• Photographs by Philippe van Gelooven and Grazia Ike-Branco, Courtesy of Egide Meertens