Textured plaster meant to imitate close by rocky outcrops coats the thick partitions of Hytte Riverview, a home overlooking an estuary in South Africa by native studio KLG Architects.
The 110-square-metre house is nestled into the rocky, sloping panorama of Rooi Els within the Western Cape, having fun with views of the Rooi Els River flowing into False Bay and the ocean past.
Responding to this setting, KLG Architects mixed thick, tough partitions that shelter from the climate with expanses of full-height glazing, “hanging a fragile stability between refuge and prospect”, the studio mentioned.
“The design’s twin nature – open and outward-facing on one aspect, strong and sheltered on the opposite – ensures that the house supplies consolation, serenity, and a deep connection to the distinctive surroundings,” director Jan Douglas informed Dezeen.
“It provides a sanctuary the place residents can really feel each protected and related to the panorama,” he added.
The compact, single-storey house is organised primarily based on this “twin nature”, with a big dwelling space projecting out northwards in direction of the ocean with full-height sliding glass doorways and decked picket terraces together with a swimming pool on both aspect.
This central house is flanked by a pair of bed room wings overlooking an enclosed, stone-paved entrance courtyard to the south, which is sheltered by a picket pergola.
The completely different areas of Hytte Riverview are related by a central backbone, alongside which runs a slender kitchen that steps up from the dwelling space.
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“The strong southern facade encloses the doorway courtyard, making a sheltered house for having fun with chilly winter evenings round an open central hearth,” defined Douglas.
“The northern facade is predominantly glazed to maximise the spectacular view and improve photo voltaic acquire throughout winter,” he continued.
The mono-pitched roof of Hytte Riverview slopes upwards in direction of the rocky rear of the positioning. This creates house for clerestory home windows that illuminate the bedrooms with out disrupting the sensation of “sanctuary” created by their white-rendered and bagged-brick partitions.
KLG Architects described the inside palette as certainly one of “sturdiness and financial system”, with darkish slate flooring, pale timber ceilings and plywood carpentry.
Primarily based in Cape City, KLG Architects is led by Douglas alongside co-directors Geoff George and Tyrone Block. It was based out of the Köper Levin George architectural observe initially established within the Nineteen Thirties.
Different properties in South Africa lately featured on Dezeen embrace a dwelling in Johannesburg by Gregory Katz that’s outlined by its clashing geometric types and a minimalist retreat by Chris van Niekerk in Cape City’s Steenberg mountains.
The images is courtesy of KLG Architects.
