Van Wassenhove House, Brutalist residence in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium.

The Van Wassenhove House is a concrete residence with distinct geometric forms and large glazed surfaces in Sint-Martens-Latem. The structure creates flowing connections between interior and exterior through window placement and massive concrete construction.

Juliaan Lampens designed the house for bachelor teacher Albert Van Wassenhove, who gave him carte blanche. Construction began in 1972 and was completed in 1974. After Van Wassenhove died in 2012, he left the house to Ghent University, which placed it on long-term loan with the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens. It was restored in 2015 through the patronage of Philippe and Miene Gillion, and has been a protected monument since September 2017.

Albert Van Wassenhove, a bachelor teacher and collector of modern art, gave Lampens carte blanche, and the architect also designed the furniture for the interior. The floor is red Norwegian pine, the same wood used for the velodrome track of 't Kuipke in Ghent, made by Lampens's father, a joiner. Since 2012 the house belongs to Ghent University, which lent it long-term to the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens.

The house can be visited on guided tours and also booked as a B&B; both support the residency programme run by Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens with Ghent University's architecture and art history departments. Book ahead, since tours and overnight stays depend on the residency calendar.

The roof has no conventional gutters: at the centre of the sloping roof a crafted channel lets rainwater drip down into a round pond. The floor is a pistevloer of the same wood used in 't Kuipke velodrome in Ghent, made by Lampens's father, a carpenter.