Modern Home | Dwelling W | Buro II & Arch + I

An unambiguous beam shape has been positioned at the west side of this triangular plot.

The free ground plan is dictated by the functions it is meant to serve: an area containing sleeping quarters directed west, an open-plan section directed east for the living quarters, and overhanging terraces. The kitchen area, storage areas and vertical circulation have been combined into a separate freestanding volume.....more

Barn House | Dwelling H | Belgium | Buro 2

Dwelling H.
2005

For BURO II and BURO Interior, the central principle for the farmhouse conversion is the relationship between the building and its outside space, and the connection with the surrounding environment.

The client was emphatic that tradition, innovation and respect for the landscape be combined in a single project. The structure of the landscape and research into rural building in Flanders stand in reciprocity to the design process and the final built environment.

Crucial in this thought process is that the landscape confirms the footprint of the buildings and farmhouses in origin and as tradition. Here respect and tradition create a need for a contemporary continuity, reflected in the search for a new meaning for the farmhouse in its varying scenic mutations.
Text from BURO II
Photographs:Ocvirk Kus Danica

The project is a spatial and architectural quest for methods to offer new perspectives in the relationship between landscape and architecture.