Longtable House
- Year
- 2022
- Location
- Ghent, BE
- Size
- 240 m²
- Type
- Renovation
One long table for twelve and a kitchen that opens to the garden.
The brief
A large family that eats together every Sunday, twelve at the table on a quiet week. The old house had a formal dining room nobody used and a kitchen nobody could fit in.
We swapped them: the kitchen moved to the garden side with glass along its length, and the dining room became a long hall built around one table.
Materials and finish
Reclaimed oak for the table, terracotta tiles that hide the crumbs and plain white walls to hold the light.
The pendants hang low over the table and nowhere else, so the kitchen and the hall feel like two rooms in one.
