Meyer House

Location: 4780 Recht, Belgium 1997-1998 Architect: Yves Delhez

¬ Structure: tree-trunks (spruce, larch) ¬ Cladding: oak, larch and cedar (non-treated) ¬ Roof: slate and planted

"The house is situated hillside of a former railway-embankment. The central volume of the building is quite narrow and stretched and closed by a flat roof. The latter is completely covered with arable earth where shrubs and other vegetation will be planted. Inside an arch symbolizes a bridge and the wooden floor lays on simple tree-trunks which are placed in a staggered arrangement - as they were in the forest."

Delhez generally tries to use some traditional technique to give the buildings some sculptural effect. Yet here he stayed quite sober in his formal language. Somehow the house does not really look as being located in Belgium.

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Hi ...

I wanted to submit a proposal to the readers of this weblog. It's a little in the same spirit as had been asked what was going on in "your part of the world", just going on turning the question "architectural".

"A project per week" would be the challenge: Invitation to all of u to post a pic and some lines and maybe some links presenting an architectural project (in the broadest definition)that you like or dislike, that has appealed to you or disgusted you, which has araised some emotion in you that you'd like to share. The aim of the challenge would be to have at least one project presented per week.

Of course that could be a project from your country/region which maybe does not have that big an audition. But that's up to you to decide.

A (little) start is made - feel free to comment, question, discuss ;-)

greetz

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