BERK House Transformation / Bauclub

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It is an introverted intervention where only the movement of the staircase reveals the existing context (interior and exterior). This frees the rear façade and brings zenithal light into the vertical void created, a dimly lit space.Berk is a transformation project of an apartment on the upper floors of a typical building for a family of illustrators and their daughter.Due to the layout, a game of perspectives is drawn: horizontal, vertical, and oblique planes, and visual sequences are created throughout the apartment.Text description provided by the architects.As a young office based inBrussels, Bauclub is regularly required to study the ordinary local typology and therefore reflect on how to position itself in relation to its identified constraints and opportunities.