{"id":4587,"date":"2025-08-25T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=4587"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:10:13","slug":"he-replaces-traditional-roof-of-flemish-home-with-glazed-winter-garden-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/he-replaces-traditional-roof-of-flemish-home-with-glazed-winter-garden-in-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"H\u00e9 replaces traditional roof of Flemish home with glazed winter garden in Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Omloop<\/div>\n

Brussels-based architecture studio H\u00e9!<\/a> has updated a traditional Flemish home in Belgium<\/a>, inserting a glazed timber and metal volume to form a “new living space” on its upper floor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Situated in the hilly landscape of the country’s Pajottenland region, Omloop Farmhouse was purchased by its owners in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

They approached H\u00e9!<\/a> to improve the home’s connection with nature and establish a more compact layout suitable for the couple to grow old in.<\/p>\n

\"Front
H\u00e9! has updated a traditional Flemish home in Belgium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To do this, the studio rearranged the home’s existing layout, with the largest transformation being the addition of a glazed winter garden, which replaces a portion of the home’s existing pitched roof and is divided from the home’s “heated volume” by a thick rammed-earth wall.<\/p>\n

“By dissecting the organisation of the typical Flemish fermette, the project explored how to minimise the heated volume while enhancing the home’s connection with nature,” studio co-founder Hanne Eckelmans told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“Because of the sloping terrain and small roof windows, there was little connection to the forest in front and the elevated fields at the back.”<\/p>\n

\"Interior
A glazed winter garden was added to the home’s upper floor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“By replacing part of the existing roof with a glasshouse roof, a new living space was created with views of both the forest and the fields beyond,” Eckelmans added.<\/p>\n

At ground level, H\u00e9! reorganised the home’s living spaces to centre around an earthen stove, which replaces a boiler as the home’s central heating system.<\/p>\n

Beside it, an oversized entrance hall transformed into a more compact, double-height entryway that doubles as a seating area lined with a built-in rammed-earth bench.<\/p>\n

\"Rammed-earth
A rammed-earth wall divides the garden from the rest of the home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The home unfolds into a series of interconnected living spaces, including a kitchen and adjacent dining room that lead out to a rear garden.<\/p>\n

A bedroom and bathroom were also added at ground level to ensure its extended liveability for the couple.<\/p>\n

\"View
The home opens up to a double-height seating area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earth-toned flooring unites the ground floor spaces and is complemented by clay-plastered walls, textured concrete floors and red-coloured columns and beams.<\/p>\n

At the centre, a floating staircase enclosed with black steel railings leads up to the second floor, where the spaces are framed by the existing pitched roof.<\/p>\n

Here, a living space centres the volume and is flanked on one side by two small bedrooms organised around a shared bathroom.<\/p>\n