Hé! converts Brussels warehouse into apartments using raw and natural materials

Belgian architecture studio Hé! has transformed an industrial building in Brussels into a four-storey townhouse, studio and co-working space, adding a timber-framed rooftop extension clad in pale brickwork.
Part of a residential terrace in the Molenbeek area of Brussels, the workshop and warehouse, formerly used by a disinfectant company, had been abandoned for several years and needed significant structural restoration.
Across four levels, the new building – called Karper after Kar