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House NSV by ADN Architectures and Olivier Dubucq Architecte
Belgian studio ADN Architectures in collaboration with Olivier Dubucq Architecte, have renovated this old farmhouse in Walhain, Belgium.
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Called House NSV, wonky beams and columns of the existing farmhouse are exposed throughout the interior space.
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The textured exterior façade is punctuated with windows in varying sizes.
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Photographs are by Filip Dujardin.
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Here's some more information from the architects:
House “NSV"
The request of the client was the transformation of an old farmhouse composed of a main building and a cattle shed.
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Following the first studies, the attention was focused on the main building, chosen by the client to install its house.
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In a general way, the will was to the “patrimonial” setting ahead of the elements having a significant architectural value; the masonry or wooden structure of the roof for example.
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This valorisation was supplemented by some specific contemporary interventions on the outside and by a deep refitting of the interior spaces.
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The dwelling, very decayed, was consequently the object of a heavy restoration, only the basic structure (walls and roof structure) was being preserved.
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A special attention was given to the structure: much reinforcement, out concrete, fastenings and ties, were necessary to maintain the existing structure.
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On the outside, the “contemporary” interventions were established by successive keys while trying to find a dialogue between the old architecture and the new elements - forward setting of the entry by a natural concrete gantry just as bay of the stay towards the back garden, play of depth of the bays.
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The external coating offers a texture that homogenizes the heteroclite masonry and accentuates the materiality, the plastic “sensuality” of the frontages.
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An element made of birch is composed of various arrangements, the staircases, the cloakroom and the sanitary.
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Men cross it; men borrow it, to reach the floors.
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This architectural element shapes all over the width of the house, is turned over, gone up on the floors.
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At the upper level, spaces let appear all their height under the roof, accentuating this, the bathrooms are volumes with flat roof on which is placed an indirect lighting.
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Through various spaces of the dwelling, the three old wooden structures are magnified, crossing volumes, skirting walls, disappearing and appearing at other places, being based on a new structure.
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A special attention was given to this old farm in order to meet the current energy standards and the comfort required for a family use in 2010 – roof, ground floor and walls insulation.
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Radiant heating, solar panels for the hot water, re-use of the rainwater were included.
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Program: Refurbishment of a XVIIIth century farmhouse
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Client: Private
Location: Walhain, Belgium
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Principal architects: adn architectures
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Project team: David Henquinet, Nicolas Iacobellis, Didier Vander Heyden, Olivier Dubucq
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Floor area: 270 m2
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