Crabe Fantôme - Evolutive housing

Programme

Transformation of a heritage-valued restaurant building into evolutive residential units.

About

The project transforms a former neighbourhood restaurant in Watermael-Boitsfort (Brussels, BE) into adaptable housing rooted in its heritage value. In an uncertain ecological and economic context, the intervention rejects a fixed, single-use programme, in favour of a restrained and legible architectural strategy. Conceived as an evolving infrastructure, the building is organised around three vertical circulation cores, which structure the plan and enable its future division into three high-quality dwellings with minimal intervention. A ground-floor extension and a subtle raise of the roof, with an addition of a loggia lit by two sliding skylights to make the attic liveable, increase housing density. Both extensions are built of wood, adding to the project's ecological commitment alongside its evolutivity.

Typology

Logements multiples

Status

Construit

Year of conception

2022

Year of delivery

2025

Client

Client privé

Total budget

1250000€ HTVA €

Per m² budget

3000€/m2

Constructed area

395 m2 m²

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