Graux & Baeyens adds bright living areas to Belgian chalet

Belgian practice Graux & Baeyens Architecten has renovated and extended a 1960s chalet in Destelbergen, adding a new series of light-filled living spaces raised atop a concrete plinth.
Designed as a family home for one of the Ghent-based practice's co-founders, Basile Graux, the new extension has been blended into the existing structure by wrapping everything in grey plywood-plank cladding.
Top: the studio renovated and extended a 1960s chalet. Above: the home was clad in grey plywood
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