The brief from the client required the design of a home for a family of four in a bushveld estate. The site is a bushveld plot of 1 hectare, and is situated in the Roodeplaat Dam catchment area and required a sensitive approach to the siting of the building. The building is carefully placed as pavilions between the existing thorn trees. The four pavilions for living, sleeping, services and guests are linked to form a combined living unit. Pavilions form courtyards for living in the bush between them.

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Architects: Earthworld Architects · Office Profile

Location: Leeufontein, Pretoria, 0122, South Africa

Design Team: Braam de Villiers, Madelaine Haycock, Pieter Beukes, Hendrieka Raubenheimer
Area: 705.0 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: DOOK · Photographer Profile

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From the architect. The brief from the client required the design of a home for a family of four in a bushveld estate. The site is a bushveld plot of 1 hectare, and is situated in the Roodeplaat Dam catchment area and required a sensitive approach to the siting of the building. The building is carefully placed as pavilions between the existing thorn trees. The four pavilions for living, sleeping, services and guests are linked to form a combined living unit. Pavilions form courtyards for living in the bush between them.
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