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Delmulle Delmulle ARCHITECTEN

Plume House

2022

Private

The project was built against a house designed by architect Marie-José Van Hee. A painting by Vermeer, called ‘Het Straatje’, served as an image for Van Hee. The design of the house was to apply the same main rule as Van Hee: responding rigorously respond to the surrounding preconditions and preserving and strengthening the existing dialogue: an answer to her answer.



The low facade, with a green oasis behind it, creates a distance towards the neighbors across the street and ensures that the sunlight reaches the street. The floors were withdrawn from the street scene and respectfully follow the withdrawn facade of the adjacent house. The common walls border various courtyards and cornices have been adopted, creating a subtle balance between integration and differentiation.



Two modest linked facades, with the same height, opening and scale, but each with its own individuality and zeitgeist. That's how Vermeer's ‘straatje’ is back.

Up to a height of four meters, the project was built mostly closed, like a pedestal. This houses a wheelchair accessible hospita room with bathroom and a home office, both with a view of the courtyard gardens at the front and back. On the pedestal: a fine and transparent volume in wood. The first floor, with bedroom and bathroom, is recessed to parapet height in the pedestal, for privacy and intimacy. At the very top is the open living space with spacious views of the skyline of Ghent. The house opens upwards, as it were. The higher up in the house, the more panoramic.

CREDITS
2019-2022
Team: Seger Delmulle, Frank Delmulle, Jana De Meutter

Gardens: Pieters Faché
Engineer: Ingenieursadvies De Clercq
Photography: Johnny Umans - Eva Faché


PUBLICATIES

Architectuur Platform Gent - webpublicatie architectuurkaart / Buitengewoon Belgisch Bouwen 2023 / AfasiaDivisare / LeibalArchelloArchdaily

The house responds rigorously to the surrounding conditions. The floors are recessed from the street view and respectfully follow the recessed facade of the adjacent house. The shared walls define several inner courtyards, and the cornices were adopted; a subtle balance emerges between integrating and differentiating."
Up to a height of four meters, the project was built mostly closed, like a pedestal. This houses a wheelchair accessible hospita room with bathroom and a home office, both with a view of the courtyard gardens at the front and back. On the pedestal: a fine and transparent volume in wood.
Extensive planting in the inner courtyards and on the green roofs creates shade and privacy, providing a contrasting living experience of calm and greenery in the heart of the city. (Landscape architect: Pieters Faché)
Status : 2019-2022 / Team: Seger Delmulle, Frank Delmulle, Jana De Meutter / Klant: Privaat / Stabiliteit: Ingenieursadvies De Clercq / Fotografie: Johnny Umans

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