Set within a wooded landscape in Belgium, this passive house interior was selected as a finalist for the Golden Trezzini Awards 2022 and featured in The Journal of Biophilic Design.

The design softens the boundary between inside and outside, creating what feels less like a home separated from nature and more like a living extension of the forest itself. Through material continuity, calibrated views, and permeable thresholds, the space becomes porous, allowing light, air, and seasonal rhythms to shape daily experience.

Natural light and wood create an atmosphere that is calm, grounded, and quietly restorative. The interior is carefully attuned to how the space is actually lived: movement, rest, and social interaction unfold naturally within an open plan that supports both connection and retreat.

Precisely curated yet free of artifice, the home invites presence rather than demanding attention. This is a space designed for inhabitation; for daily rituals, seasonal change, and slow engagement with the surrounding landscape. A demonstration of how biophilic interior design can support wellbeing through simplicity, material honesty, and fundamental connection to place.