label architecture: fiat lux

‘fiat lux’ by label architecture first floor – view from the living through the central transition space all photos © bepictures

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