Maison Fabienne et Erik by Pierre Blondel in Court-Saint-Étienne, Belgium

The "Fabienne et Erik" house by Belgian architect Pierre Blondel has won the eleventh Prix de l’urbanisme et de l’architecture du Brabant wallon. The project involves the construction of a detached single-family house of 277 m² (210 m² footprint), open on all four sides.

The way the building is drawn and set into the site stems from a desire to preserve the place and blend into it while respecting its character: the plot slopes steeply and remains in a wild, natural state, with a wooded area running across the front of the plot, on the rue de Mérivaux side.

The house, on a single level (plus cellars), sits beyond the wooded area and follows the natural lie of the land through a series of changes of level within the volume; the main rooflines pick up the same movement. Almost all the vegetation has been kept, and the position of the principal trees determines that of the house.

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