Project: House for refugees
Year: 2005
Location: Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium

Project Team: Nick Ceulemans, Liesbet Thewissen, Ward Bergen

This is a place where people in a crisis situation will find temporary accommo- dation. In response to the request for flexibility we opted for a housing complex that combined the advantages of a block of flats and a hotel. The building achieves a high standard of domestic quality where simple but durable comfort is tailor-made for those who perhaps need it the most: people on the move: Beds are able to become sofas or disappear completely by sliding in between hidden compartments. Sliding walls divide spaces into small or large rooms where needed...