NEW YORK: The six hundred and sixteenth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.
Ampe Trybou Architecten added a crinkled roofline to a terrace in Belgium, marking the boundaries between the five homes inside whilst also referencing the buildings that stood on the site before.
Located 10 kilometres away from the coast, the terrace provides social rented housing in the small Belgian village of Westkerke.
Ampe Trybou Architecten used a limited palette of brick and metal to create a sense of continuity on the street, which already features a mix of architectural styles. The crinkled roof was then added to reference the varying heights of the three buildings that formerly stood on the site.
“The villa on the right side of the terrace is built in a specific style that we could not repeat today, and the house on the left is generic – a bit boring,” the architects said. “We wanted to make a soft transition between old and new, and we wanted to keep it small-scale, like family houses.”
