For this idiosyncratic renovation the original building was wrapped in a new envelope, delineating a new volume. It's unique position at the end of the row provides the dwelling with a 270° panoramic view and three different conditions of sunlight. The frontal façade is designed as an iteration of the adjacent classical rhythm in white stucco. In contrast the lateral façade is highly specific, suiting its role as the corner piece of the street. It's shape still refers to the blank façade of the old building but the wooden vertical cladding and a series of seemingly randomly arranged square windows clearly mark its singularity.
In the old building three studios are organized around a staircase that leads to the street. While the extension contains a family house and is entered through a separate entrance from the side. The ground floor is reserved for a garage, the hall and an office opening up to the harmoniously designed stone garden. The first floor is occupied by the living rooms and flanked by a spacious terrace on the South side. The second floor houses the bedrooms, whereas the top floor is conceived as a kind of “crow's nest”: A versatile space that could serve as workshop, guest room or private sanctuary containing a small terrace where one can enjoy the views on the nearby river and marvel at the gloaming sundown.




Location: BE, Ghent
Client: private
Surface: 550 sqm
Phase: built

Team: Jasper Stevens (FELT) with 360 architecten
Consultants: LIME, Robuust
Photos: Filip Dujardin (exterior), FELT

A reconversion of a row house.














Location: BE, Gentbrugge
Client: Private
Surface: 200 sqm
Phase: Built

Team: Jasper Stevens, Karel Verstraeten, Adrian Verhoijsen, Bram Denkens
Consultants: I'm With Alice, EA+
Images: FELT