Beautiful House Bernheimbeuk is Wrapped Around a Single Tree in Belgium

<a href="http://www.architectendvvt.com/about_us">Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu</a> made a beautiful tree the center of their Bernheimbeuk home - they even provided space in the roof through which the branches could poke through. Limited by a small budget and an even tinier plot, the Ghent studio designed the screened-in home to mimic the numerous trees on the property. Exposed concrete framing looks just like tree trunks, and the facade's overlapping wooden poles look a lot like branches!

The client had a limited budget and a small plot

So the designers chose to leave a large tree alone and wrap the house around it

The concrete frame looks like tree trunks

The two sides of the home are clad in grey tiles

The front and back feature overlapping wooden poles

Plenty of daylighting floods threw the screened portions

The interior is minimally furnished

The client did some of the interior carpentry themselves

A simple painted staircase links two floors of the 3 storey home

This plan reveals how the tree was incorporated into the design