MUST | ZOOM architecten

Renovation of a detached bungalow in Deinze with maximum connection to the green garden.

We transform the internal circulation. We preserve the load-bearing structure and demolish non-load-bearing infill walls. A free plan with two central volumes emerges. They are designed like furniture: functional and multi-purposed. One volume contains storage and office space, the other contains a bathroom. Both volumes control circulation throughout the house.

We redesign the facades of the bungalow. The focus here is symmetry and repetition; each façade is designed separately.
We add new windows or enlarge and reduce existing ones. Three wooden joinery units are inserted as large surfaces.
Existing relationships to the south-west are thus extended with new relationships to the north-east. The result is a clearly legible building with light in the right places.

We renovate the two gabled roofs and make them meet in the kink. The roof protrudes slightly from the façade. It forms a louver under which you enter your home. We renovate the two gabled roofs and have them ingeniously meet in the kink. All around, the roof protrudes slightly from the facade. It blocks the sun and rain. The roof overhang requires a different principle detail on each façade. It starts from aesthetics but is technically elaborate.

Photography: Dieter Van Caneghem