JEDA Apartment / Edouard Brunet Architecte

At the top of a Brussels building, architects Edouard Brunet and Julie Duchateau have imagined a bright and lively duplex. They enlarged a small, unhealthy apartment by reactivating unused attics and a lifeless roof. The design was based on a careful reading of the qualities of the existing building: the view of Brussels to the north, the abundant light from the southern slope of the roof, a flat roof overlooking the city, a generous volume under the roof, and warm, textured existing materials.