Description
This corner house, built for the master goldsmith and jeweller Raymond Wolfers, was erected on a funnel-shape plot of land. The building is extended by a garden designed by the landscape architect Lucien Boucher. It houses a double garage and it is closed off from the street by a brick wall. The house does not have a direct door to the street. It is accessed through a metal gate in the garden wall that leads to an access path. The entrance to the house is located at the back of the plot under a canopy. It initiates a longitudinal service bay parallel to the party wall, which accommodates the circulation spaces including a main and a service staircase. On the street side, there is a row of three rooms: a dining room, a living room, and a music room. On the first floor there are three bedrooms, a boudoir, and two bathrooms as well as a terrace on the garden side. On the second floor there are four bedrooms, a gym, and a second terrace.
The three-storey building under flat roofs offers a play of recessed volumes. The façades are made of light-brown bricks on a blue-limestone base. They are ornamented with wall-finishing black-glazed brick as well as green wooden shutters and canopies.
Exterior view
Exterior view with urban context
Originally published in: Gérald Ledent, Alessandro Porotto, Brussels Housing. Atlas of Residential Building Types, Birkhäuser, 2023.