Completed

Frame House

Rooms calibrated around art, with storage treated as architecture.

Antwerp

Residence & Collection

360 m²

2024

004

A collector’s house where the plan is tuned by distances between works rather than decorative axes.

01 / THE BRIEF

The building before the intervention.

The collection needed changing arrangements while domestic rooms still felt settled and intimate.

01 / THE BRIEF

The collection needed changing arrangements while domestic rooms still felt settled and intimate.

02 / THE PLAN

Deep wall zones hold storage, services and rotating art panels, leaving a clear sequence of living rooms.

02 / THE PLAN

Deep wall zones hold storage, services and rotating art panels, leaving a clear sequence of living rooms.

03 / MATTER

Smoked oak, waxed plaster and blue-grey stone create stable tonal fields for changing artworks.

Smoked oak · Waxed plaster · Belgian bluestone · Blackened steel

03 / MATTER

Smoked oak, waxed plaster and blue-grey stone create stable tonal fields for changing artworks.

Smoked oak · Waxed plaster · Belgian bluestone · Blackened steel

04 / IN USE

Movable panels and integrated plinths let the collection evolve without changing the architecture.

04 / IN USE

Movable panels and integrated plinths let the collection evolve without changing the architecture.

CREDITS

Interior Architecture — Sillage · Art Advisory — Index Office · Photography — Mara Venn