The Wallpaper* Architects Directory has turned 20. Conceived in 2000 as our index of emerging architectural talent, this annual listing of promising practices, has, over the years, spanned styles and continents; yet always championing the best and most...
The Wallpaper* Architects Directory has turned 20. Conceived in 2000 as our index of emerging architectural talent, this annual listing of promising practices, has, over the years, spanned styles and continents; yet always championing the best and most exciting young studios and showcasing inspiring work with an emphasis on the residential realm.
‘What hasn’t changed, is our philosophy,’ explain founders Benny Govaert and Damiaan Vanhoutte. ‘We have always felt a correlation between the suprematist work of the Russian artist Malevich and our conceptual language. [...] By suprematism he meant the domination of the pure emotional experience in art, as opposed to the figurative. We also aim to attain this abstraction, this transcendence.’
This approach is evident in the Bruges notary headquarters. Centering their design on a few, key spaces – auditoriums, meeting rooms, closed and open office – the architects created a series of volumes linked by circulation spaces and dotted with courtyards. Large openings frame the outdoors in every single room, making users forget they are indeed indoors. Simple gestures produce a luxurious, yet down-to-earth overall feel.
The whole is a minimalist composition in glass and grey concrete, put together by a geometric arrangement of clean, rectangular surfaces and low, horizontal lines and roofs. A sense of proportion and hints of nature through planting ensure the minimalist approach is infused with warmth and informed by the human scale.
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