The home is entered through an oversize black wooden door (2 meters high by 1.5 meters wide, or 6.5 feet by 5 feet), with a cylindrical chrome stainless-steel knob custom-made by Roger Bonduel, a Flemish metal artist and sculptor who added other flourishes throughout the interior.
The dining and main living areas, set along a U-shaped floor plan, are divided by 2-meter-high white brick partitions to match the walls. They’re topped with recessed lighting and stand a meter lower than the ceiling.
The ceilings are covered with a shiny dark brown African teak, which extends outside to overhangs around much of the building. While Mr. Vandenbussche welcomes natural light, he wanted to keep out direct sun in the summer months, so he designed the overhangs to block beams precisely from May 1 to Sept 1.
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- A Modernist Masterpiece in Belgium, Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - 06:59