The project combines the renovation of an existing villa with the construction of a residence and day center for people with multiple disabilities. In a context marked by a shortage of dedicated housing in Brussels and Belgium, it rethinks care spaces as inclusive environments, fully embedded in everyday life.
The design aims for a house for all: accessible, inclusive, and offering privacy when needed. The site is conceived as a small habitat with varied ways of nesting, moving from garden to wooded area to create graduated forms of shelter. A sequence of spaces sets different degrees of intimacy and, together, shapes a collection of living environments where openness is defined less by transparency than by the quiet sense of refuge and benevolence it supports.
Located in Uccle, 7 km from the city center, the site slopes from south to north and offers a varied layer of vegetation. Its position offers proximity to both urban life and the natural landscape of the Forêt de Soignes. Because the plot sits at the core of a 600-meter-long block, the project introduces a discreet pedestrian path to form the beginning of a transversal crossing at the scale of the block. This serves two ambitions: to create an efficient route through the block, and to make the site a place of passage where encounters can occur naturally between the inhabitants of Tous Ensemble and the neighborhood. The landscape design reinforces this openness, shaping an inviting environment where residents feel both safe and connected to nature.
