The open plan built-in kitchen flows into the informal sitting area. The off shutter concrete ceiling soffit contrast beautifully with the smooth, hi-tech finish of the walls and kitchen cabinets Green Evolution Architecture Built-in kitchens MDF minimalist interior
The open plan built-in kitchen flows into the informal sitting area. The off shutter concrete ceiling soffit contrast beautifully with the smooth, hi-tech finish of the walls and kitchen cabinets Green Evolution Architecture Built-in kitchens MDF minimalist interior

The client acquired a beautiful property in Bryanston that had elevated west views

all the way over to the Northgate area. This created a contradiction: Face the

house towards the views but deal with the harsh west sun at the same time.

After much debate the client was adamant that they wanted to face the setting

sun. To deal with the harsh west sun externally placed moving sun screens were

proposed and large overhangs were designed to protect the living areas on the

the ground floor. The sloping site allowed for a semi-basement to be cut into

the land that would accommodate underground parking and staff quarters that

opened up onto courtyards. The front door of the house is also on the semi

basement level and is accessed from a driveway forecourt that is also cut into

the slope of the land. A committed modernist, the client dictated the

aesthetics of the house. Extended horizontal lines created by cantilevered

concrete slabs define the house. A construction system was decided upon that

would allow for the illusion of lightness in the structure. Therefore the

basement is of a conventional brick and concrete construction while the ground

floor is freed up by a series of steel H-section columns placed on a 5 x 5m

structural grid that supports the 400mm thick waffle concrete slab. This

allowed the entire front façade facing the view to be of glass and aluminium

sliding doors and gives the appearance that the first floor floats freely over

the ground floor. The roof construction is of a steel girder system supported

by steel H-section columns. All external and internal walls on the ground floor

and first floor could be non-loadbearing and are therefore built of a light

gauge steel structure cladded in EPS boarding and rendered with a polymer

render on the outside and standard gypsum boarding on the inside.


Colour: White
Material: MDF
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