{"id":3720,"date":"2024-07-12T10:18:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buildsoft.eu\/?post_type=reference-project&#038;p=3720"},"modified":"2026-07-29T08:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:01:59","slug":"little-willy-guesthouse","status":"publish","type":"reference-project","link":"https:\/\/www.buildsoft.eu\/en\/reference-projects\/little-willy-guesthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Willy Guesthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Little Willy guesthouse, developed with LOW architects, adds several cantilevered concrete terraces built playfully on top of and against an existing building. Jan Van Aelst used the same realistic concrete-deformation calculation approach the firm applies on large-scale projects, scaled down to this smaller one, and ran a full 3D structural analysis to arrive at an optimal design for the combined old-and-new structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An approach that works for all sizes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The approach used by Jan Van Aelst in large-scale projects has proven to be very successful in several smaller projects as well. In many of these projects, the ability to realistically calculate deformations of concrete structures proves crucial to ensure that architecturally pleasing designs are backed up by a structural design that meets the client\u2019s expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A beautiful example is the Little Willy project, a guest house developed in collaboration with LOW architects, in which several cantilevered terraces have been realized using concrete building blocks. These blocks are &#8211; in a seemingly playful manner \u2013 built on top of and against an existing building. 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