51N4E reasons for walling a houseReasons for Walling a House is a book about the unusual transformation
of a small single family house by the Belgian architecture firm 51N4E.
A couple living in a single family house on the Belgian countryside
wanted to have "more space." But, instead, the architects that they
hired enclosed their small house with a three-meter-tall steel wall.
This paradoxical transformation challenged the owners to rethink their
ideas of a home. Upon the project's completion they decided to open up
their residence as a guest house for artists, designers, writers, and
thinkers. Each person invited would receive a carte blanche, a fridge
full of food, and the opportunity to have the run of the house without
its inhabitants. Reasons for Walling a House unravels the secrets of an
unlikely transformation, seen through the eyes of the first seven
guests-the artists Enrique Marty (Spain) and Dirk Braeckman (Belgium),
theater director and actor Josse de Pauw (Belgium), graphic designers
Something Fantastic (Germany), as well as the architects Andrea Branzi
(Italy), BeL (Germany) and 51N4E (Belgium). |
