Villa Dune: a timber house on stilts in the dunes

Pilotis, Architecture studio in Brussels Elevate the everyday.

Pilotis is a Brussels architecture studio. We design homes, renovations and workplaces that let in light, landscape and life.

Featured project Villa Dune Belgian coast · 2025

The studio

12 years designing lived-in places across Belgium
40+ projects delivered, from first sketch to handing over the keys

A house is not an object set down on a plot. It is a way of inhabiting the light, the slope and the wind. We design as close to the place as we can, with honest materials and just the right amount of space.

One point of contact, from the first site visit to the last day on site.

Selected work

See, before you build.

Three recent projects, three landscapes: dune, forest and canal. Each one begins with what the place demands.

How we work

The Method

One continuous thread, from the first site visit to handing over the keys.

Four stages. No shortcuts.

  1. A building plot observed before the first sketch
    Phase 01 Reading the site

    01 Immersion

    Listen

    We walk the site or the building with you, at different times of day. We listen to how you live, your constraints and your budget before drawing a single line.

    Site visit · Brief · Budget

  2. Architectural sketches and plans on a work table
    Phase 02 Finding the form

    02 Sketch

    Design

    Sketches, models and plans answer one another until every room finds its light. You see the project in volume before signing off each choice.

    Sketch · Model · Preliminary design

  3. Technical drawings and documents for a planning application
    Phase 03 Making it possible

    03 Permit

    Permit

    We prepare the planning application, talk with the municipality and the neighbours, then have contractors price the project.

    Permit · Specification · Tenders

  4. A building site under way: structure and formwork
    Phase 04 Holding the line

    04 Construction

    Build

    We visit the site every week, settle details on the spot and check every stage until the keys change hands.

    Supervision · Site meetings · Handover

What we do

  • New buildings Houses, pavilions, small housing schemes
  • Renovation & extension Townhouses, farmhouses, rooftop additions
  • Interior architecture Bespoke joinery, materials, light
  • Site supervision Tendering, coordination, handover

In short

Pilotis in brief

Pilotis is a fictional architecture studio based in Brussels, created by studiors to demonstrate a website run on TinaCMS. Its homes, renovations and workplaces are examples: every text, image and section on this site can be edited live from the admin, in French, Dutch and English.

New projects: spring 2027

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