'fiat lux' by label architecture
first floor – view from the living through the central transition space
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belgian firm label architecture recently completed 'fiat lux' a renovation of a townhouse
in brussels. the transformation of the 270 meters squared residence included using
the elements of transparency, reflections and connections between the differents levels.

from the first floor, the stairwell is entirely empty. at each level, glazed windows were
installed, creating the dividing walls. some of them are pierced with little round openings,
allowing inhabitants to communicate from a level to another one. behind the windowpanes,
the platforms, transitions spaces, were covered by OSB stain in black, creating a mirror
effect to those who look at them from the opposite openings. in front of these openings,
mirrors were installed on the blind attached wall.


first floor – limits of the intervention on the east blind wall


first floor – limits of the intervention on the west blind wall


first floor – view of the central transition space


first floor – low-angle view of the stairwell


first floor – low-angle view of the stairwell


second floor – view of the stairwell’s reflections from the black transition space


second floor – view of the stairwell’s reflections from the black transition space


second floor – view from the black transition space toward children’s bedroom


second floor – view of the 'bypass' transition space between the two stairwells


third floor – view from the black transition space toward master bedroom


third floor – view from the master bedroom through the transition space




third floor – natural lighting of the second staircase



'fiat lux' perspective view
image courtesy label architecture


'fiat lux' floor plan
image courtesy label architecture