Britsom Philips reconfigures Belgian home with minimalist interiors and thatched roof

Belgian studio Britsom Philips has completed Villa VD, a timber-clad extension to a small rural home in Flanders with minimalist, light-filled living spaces.
Situated in a woodland clearing in the village of Waasmunster, the expanded home has been clad in timber planks and topped by a thatched roof, both chosen as they will gradually weather and blend in with the surroundings.
Britsom Philips clad the rural home extension with timber planks
"The existing house was a bourgeois interpretation of r