{"id":3627,"date":"2024-10-26T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coinpop.me\/?p=3627"},"modified":"2024-10-28T11:47:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:47:15","slug":"van-laethem-architecten-uses-hempcrete-for-own-garden-studio-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coinpop.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/26\/van-laethem-architecten-uses-hempcrete-for-own-garden-studio-in-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Laethem Architecten uses hempcrete for own garden studio in Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Belgian studio Van Laethem Architecten used natural materials including hempcrete<\/a> and cedar shingles<\/a> to create this small garden studio<\/a> for its staff in Alken.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located in the rear garden of founder Chris Van Laethem’s home, the building acts as both a workspace for up to three people and a demonstration of the studio’s approach to using bio-based materials.<\/p>\n

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Van Laethem Architecten has created its own studio in Belgium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Van Laethem Architecten<\/a> specialises in natural building, so the office would have to reflect that,” Van Laethem told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“It would have to be like a showroom for sustainable building,” he continued.<\/p>\n

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It is clad in red brick and cedar shingles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To provide separation from the home, the office is situated next to a side road at the end of the garden, where a separate entrance and parking space have been provided for clients.<\/p>\n

Vegetation on either side of the studio helps provide a feeling of being amongst nature, while its position on the plot also helps to shelter the main home from the road.<\/p>\n

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It is built from hempcrete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the structure, Van Laethem Architecten used hempcrete, with the project providing an opportunity for the studio to learn more about working with the material.<\/p>\n

“To get a feeling with the hempcrete, I knew I had to work with it myself,” said Van Laethem. “Organising a hempcrete workshop helped me to start off. This was an ideal way of cutting costs, but also for other self-builders to get to know the material.”<\/p>\n