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The USA counts 31 inhabitants per square kilometer. Belgium is ranked second (excl. microstates) in human population density in Europe with 350 inhabitants per square kilometer, and everybody wants his own piece of land to build on. “A Belgian is born with a brick in his stomach” is a saying often used.
So it’s reasonable that the land development and the architecture on it are bound by strategy and certain rules, based on economy, ecology, sociology, urban design, etc.

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Architects: V+/Bureau vers plus de bien-être
Location: Ternat, Belgium
Client: Cortier – De Lat
Design Team: Jörn Aram Bihain, Thierry Decuypere, Shin Hagiwara
Engineers: Kathleen Mertens
Contractor: CPR Construction (main construction), De Meersman (carpentry), FMP (metalwork)
Design year: 2001-2003
Construction year: 2003-2005
Surface: 360 sqm
Budget: 325.000 euro
Photographs: V+, Olivier Chenoix, Patrick Van Roy

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