This is a house for a family with two young children, one of whom uses a wheelchair. For that child, the house functions as a world in itself, easily accessible, complex yet smooth – a continuous panorama. The round floor plan tries to emphasise this relationship between house and garden, between intimate and extrovert spaces. Its centripetal form collects a set of particular rooms that are easily accessible through the central space, which functions as storage.
The rooms themselves are simple yet designed with maximal spatial effect; some are high and wide, others low and narrow, another hot and humid. All of them seek a direct relationship with the outside environment. On top of the house a second floor is ‘hidden’ in a hat-like roof. Within the different folds of the (green and black) hat, a set of breakout rooms are organised. Ultimately these spaces are conceived as spatial surplus to a generous home where dimensions defined by the exceptional (the wheelchair) are completely normalised in an attempt to make a perfectly natural space for living.
via：OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen
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