The private house of engineer Jean-Marie Huberty and its hypar roof. A unique experiment in concrete construction in Belgium in the 1960s Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In 1961-64, Jean-Marie Huberty (1932-2014) built a modest house for himself and his family, somewhat concealed on a plot in La Hulpe, located a few kilometressouth-east of Brussels(Fig.1). Fair-faced concrete was used extensively. The unique character of this house is further enhanced by the experimental nature of the roof: it was constructed as a thin shell in reinforced concrete only 5 centimetresthick, composed of two ...