Studio Farris Architects, last 2013, converted the complex of house and stables of an 18th century farm located in Lennik, a small town in an agricultural area close to Brussels, into a single family house.

Studio Farris Architects presents this reconstruction carefully and trying to understand and respect this type of housing. They project this new spaces adapting previous one on new ways of living spaces.

Description of the project by Studio Farris

Of the 4 existing volumes, a storage room and pigsty were demolished, while the other pigsty and the adjacent 1960's house were renovated.

Starting from a careful research and study of the farmhouse typology and how to keep and reinforce its authenticity while at the same time allowing it to answer to contemporary living standards, a concept that is often seen in old farms around the area was applied.

To provide each room with the necessary amount of natural light, windows and doors were bricked up and cut out in a pragmatic way, making the façade a whimsical patchwork of old and new scars that show its history and give back and reinforce the identity it had lost over the years.

A box-in-box system was created to avoid any chemical reactions with sulfates in the ground and walls of the original farm. This system also takes care of the energy-efficiency of the house.

Typological fragments are reinterpreted throughout the house. The fireplace, which is a 6 meter high, suspended steel construction, is the heart of the house.

The front garden was designed to create serenity and connect the farmhouse to its outbuildings. The backyard is a patchwork of pragmatic shapes in typological materials that enhance the connection with the horizon and create unexpected perspective.

Text.- Studio Farris

CREDITS. TECHNICAL DATA.-

Architect.- Studio Farris.
Structural Engineering.- Jan Van Aelst.
Client.- Private.
Surface.- 256 sqm.

Year.- 2013.

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Studio Farris Arquitectos es un estudio de arquitectura con sede en Amberes, Bélgica y fundada por el arquitecto italiano Giuseppe Farris en 2008. El objetivo del estudio es descubrir el potencial intrínseco en cada proyecto, cuestionando lo obvio, explorando el entorno y el patrimonio cultural. Todo ello, siempre en la búsqueda de la armonía entre la sostenibilidad y la innovación, la funcionalidad y la experiencia, la relación y el sentimiento. Los usuarios del edificio juegan un papel fundamental en la concepción de la arquitectura.

Giuseppe Farris nació el 11 de Noviembre de 1972 en Cagliari, Italia. Después de asistir a la escuela secundaria, obtuvo su titulación como arquitecto en el Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV) en Venecia.

En 2001 se traslada a Bélgica y desde entonces trabaja en varios proyectos en colaboración con Jo Crepaim.En 2008 funda Giuseppe Farris Arquitectos en Amberes de la que es actualmente el director gerente y arquitecto principal. En 2009 gana el concurso para la remodelación de la sala de entrada del Parlamento flamenco en Bruselas. Después de la finalización en 2010, fue nominado para el Premio Holandés Lai. La renovación de la sala de la ciudad de Lovaina, para albergar nuevos espacios para la compañía de radio y televisión pública belga VRT, se inició en 2010 y se terminó en 2012. A principios de 2015, fue nominado a la WAN 21 for21 Premio (Londres), y poco después ganó el Premio Architizer A + (Nueva York) por la Torre Park.

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Published on: July 2, 2015
Cite: "Conversion of Farmhouse Lennik into a single family house" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/conversion-farmhouse-lennik-a-single-family-house> ISSN 1139-6415
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