Maison Gédéon Michel Rue de Rotterdam 31

Maison Gédéon Michel Rue de Rotterdam 31
Architect Paul Jaspar (1899)

The house was originally part of a commission for two adjacent houses - including the now lost home of the painter Émile Berchmans - as part of the Jaspar project by the owner, entrepreneur Gédéon Michel

By combining traditional and modern elements, a typical feature of the architect's working method at the time, the house presents a simplicity in the facade and in the floor plans, with concessions to the modern, by the use of industrial materials (beams supplied by the company Cockerill), which results in an innovative design that enlivens both the facade and the interior.

Also because of the attention paid to hygiene and comfort requirements: the kitchen, in the basement, for example. is connected to the dining room on the ground floor via a platform lift.