THE HOUSE
A Brussels house for living, working and spending time, whether for a few days or a period in the city.
Built in 1903 in the Berkendael quarter of Ixelles, the house retains the proportions and domestic character of an early twentieth-century Brussels townhouse.
The original structure includes the bel étage, veranda and garden. Its architectural character combines restrained eclecticism with early Art Nouveau details characteristic of the neighbourhood.
A HOUSE MADE FOR LIVING
The house has been carefully restored while retaining its original proportions and architectural elements. The relationship between the interiors, veranda and garden remains central to the experience of the house.
Renovation continues as a process of preservation and adaptation, allowing the house to remain in use while respecting what is already there.
THE HOUSE TODAY
Through CRONOTOPE, the historic house has been given a contemporary life. It retains the intimacy and domestic scale of a real home while accommodating contemporary living and working.
EMMANUEL VAN DRIESSCHESTRAAT
The house is located at 15 Emmanuel Van Driesschestraat, a residential street laid out as part of surveyor César Boon’s general alignment and expropriation plan for the Berkendael neighbourhood. The plan was approved by royal decree on 12 July 1902 and slightly amended in 1904.
The street takes its name from Emmanuel Van Driessche (1824–1897), a teacher of Dutch literature at the Royal Athenaeum of Brussels, playwright, municipal councillor and alderman of Ixelles.
Most of the buildings were constructed between 1902 and 1925, creating the characteristic mixture of early twentieth-century bourgeois houses, eclectic architecture and Art Nouveau details found along the street.
STAY AT CRONOTOPE
The Garden & Hammam Residence occupies the bel étage of the house, with its own terrace, garden and private hammam.