Dunes & Sand, a large-scale Belgian seaside villa designed by Arjaan de Feyter
A coastal villa answers the North Sea with restraint, trading the postcard view for rooms that hold their own weather.
The house turns its back on the obvious. Rather than glazing the entire seaward face, the design rations the horizon, framing it through deep reveals so the water arrives as a series of held moments instead of a constant.
Inside, the palette is drawn straight from the dunes: bleached oak, lime plaster, a sand-toned limestone that warms as the day moves across it. Furniture sits low and heavy, anchoring rooms against the brightness pouring off the beach.
The design rations the horizon, so the water arrives as a series of held moments.
Circulation runs along a spine wall that thickens to absorb storage, fireplaces and a stair, leaving the living spaces uncluttered. The effect is a building that feels carved rather than assembled.
