Single Family House | The Canopy House in the Flemish Pajottenland | MDMA

In the course of history the word canopy has evolved from the Egyptian urn with a removable (human) head, to a mosque with a dome, to a bed under a large mosquito net and finally to an armchair covered or draped with
linen.The client, a native of Antwerp added on top a local meaning : a sandwich (canapé). What we try to achieve is to give a monumental house the swung of a piece of furniture. The building blocks we started with are 2 identical (be it mirror wise) folded EL-shapes (Fig)........more