TRANSMISSION, Heritage in Motion, BE

This project is not about rupture, but continuity. It seeks to embrace the rhythm of contemporary life while preserving the architectural soul of a family home — respectful, discreet, and full of memory. The ambition is twofold: to renew without erasing, to enhance without altering. To reach new energy standards while safeguarding its heritage value. Although not listed as a protected monument, the house is officially recognized as worthy of conservation. Its street façade remains untouched, a calm witness to time. The transformation unfolds behind it, opening the house toward its secret garden. There, a new ground-floor extension reaches into the landscape — inspired by Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, light and transparent, connecting interior life with the surrounding nature. A new vertical spine pierces the building — from basement to attic — a sculpted stair that softens the formal geometry of the original house, introducing movement, sensuality, and flow. Around it, selective excavations turn the semi-buried level into a second ground floor, revealing unexpected connections to the garden’s majestic trees. Above, the roof once used for storage opens and unfolds, its structure stretched toward the sky. The children’s rooms now gaze out through the canopy, suspended between city and forest — like a treehouse floating in light. This home, shaped by nearly a century of transformations, continues to evolve. It does not freeze in time — it transmits, it breathes. A living heritage, carrying the memory of its past into the architecture of tomorrow.