Geneva-based architect Stef Claes took cues from mid-century and native structure to create Home within the Fields, a low-slung home within the Belgian countryside.
Set in a broad agricultural panorama, the home has white painted partitions and black accents, which Claes mentioned is predicated on mid-century trendy buildings in the US.
In the meantime, extra conventional components, together with a terracotta tile roof, are designed as nods to different farm buildings discovered within the area.
To make sure that Home within the Fields sits subtly inside its setting, Claes designed the home with a protracted, low kind meant to comply with the flatness of the panorama.
That additionally aligns with the realm's “strict constructing code, which places a restrict on quantity,” he mentioned.
“The situation of the home is sort of particular, it's set in broad open fields, lengthy, massive stretches of farmland with lengthy slender paths and roads operating parallel to it,” Claes informed Dezeen.
“The home is sort of a delicate pencil stroke within the subject that mimics the motion of the panorama – current however absent in the identical means,” added Claes.
“To suit this system and create a continuing relationship with the fantastic thing about the environment, we opted for a small and lengthy quantity with straightforward bodily and visible entry to the edges.”
Home within the Fields has a brick-infilled laminated timber (CLT) body, chosen to mirror the shopper's expertise within the timber business.
It’s divided into two wings, with the bedrooms positioned on one facet of the plan and the dwelling areas, together with a kitchen and shiny lounge, on the opposite.
Inside, white painted partitions and barely coloured pure supplies create a sequence of shiny areas mixed with black accents as a nod to modernist design.
“My time spent working in California changing and restoring mid-century trendy houses planted the seeds for the design of this residence,” defined Claes.
Claes additionally referenced the work of architects together with Quincy Jones and Richard Neutra, in addition to Belgian architect Axel Ghyssaert, who’s “identified for his strict black and white combos.”
All through the residence, the rooms are bordered on each side by massive home windows and, on the upper wall, casement home windows with motorized blinds.
“The inside is derived from the open bungalow plan, with a lot of openness and views via the entire home and over the encircling fields from all angles,” Claes mentioned.
The kitchen and eating space are warmed by picket surfaces and separated from the lounge by a double-sided hearth encased in a white-painted brick quantity.
Black ceiling beams and slate-colored terracotta tiles run the size of the home.
Different areas embrace a smaller sitting space draped in Belgian linen and a rest room completed with marble surfaces and darkish wooden joinery. Outdoors, a big backyard and swimming pool flanked by a black picket veranda provide extra area for leisure.
Accessed by a curved path, the backyard is bordered on the opposite facet by white brick partitions, which join with the home to create an L-shaped quantity.
Different Belgian homes lately featured on Dezeen embrace a renovated residence constructed round a concrete spiral staircase and a courtyard home constructed from supplies from a warehouse demolition.
Picture by Eric Petschek.