Garden Pavilion, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium

This garden house with swimming pool is a two-storey wooden structure with an irregular floor plan. The load-bear­ing wooden beams form a pattern of adjoining triangles. A sculptural hearth element runs up through the volume as a solid supporting pillar. On the ground floor there are changing rooms, a sauna and a hammam, and upstairs a flat with kitchen. The roof is fitted out as a terrace amidst the treetops.
Client
Lannoo-Van Wanseele
Architects
Robbrecht en Daem architecten
Program
Garden pavilion with swimming pool
Location
Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Date
2002–2004
Status
Completed
Floor Area
300 m2
Team
Paul Robbrecht, Hilde Daem, Sofie Delaere, Gert Jansseune
Structural Engineering
BAS (Dirk Jaspaert)