Un espace de création à Uccle

Un espace de création à Uccle
Un espace de création à Uccle
Written by Herbert Gruber

sociocultural building

Project Data

Place:Uccle Completion: Construction:Straw filling - bearing skeletal frame braced Design:P. de Merode Visitable:No Press photos:No
Living Area:129m2 U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: Projects Belgium,

The house is on two levels, the ground floor is intended to provide a space for art workshops and / or craft in art therapy for troubled youth. Upstairs, there is a small studio with a bedroom, living room, bathroom and kitchenette. Do not have a big budget, the work of mistress voluntarily opts for a building “raw” with raw earth apparent remaining inside, as well as floors and walls in Douglas, just sanded surface where it was necessary (that is to say
mainly soil). This gives character to space and saves all topcoats. Being a building “dry” and fast, it does not eventually stop performing coatings later. The idea to entrust the execution of a creative space to a “creative” spirit of enterprise seemed obvious, the company has been finally to realize part of the furniture: desks and shelves of their “design”.

About the author

Herbert Gruber

Herbert is author of the book "Neues Bauen mit Stroh in Europa" (New Building with Straw in Europe), head of the austrian strawbale network ASBN and partner in the Leonardo-project "STEP" (Strawbale Training for European Professionals) and the Erasmus project "BuildStraw Pro" (a project to get formal national recognition of the training) and "Make your City Smart". As a collector he documents European straw bale buildings since 1999 on his website (database, german), in lectures, workshops and books.