Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects (SAOTA) created Cove 6, a home situated in Knyzna, South Africa.
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“The owner’s quick was to layout a house inspired by its indigenous fynbos surroundings, which is component of the just lately established The Cove, a Private Estate, with the Pezula Golf Estate as backdrop,” says Greg Truen, Venture Companion.The website, situated on an exposed cliff edge overlooking a rocky peninsula, is perched above a dramatic seascape with magnificent views. The internet site is one of 6 exclusive use regions permitted on this reserve. Its owner’s, a nicely-traveled couple who live in the United Kingdom, desired a house with seamless indoor-outside living for summer holiday retreats. The house had to take maximum benefit of the spectacular views and surrounding landscape.
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The website falls within a pristine and distinctive environment that necessary a mindful comprehending of the normal attributes of the web site with specific regard to the sensitivity of its location on the southern coast of the East Head at Knysna. It is characterized by its rolling landforms and the dense indigenous vegetation of extraordinary assortment.Technique
“Great care has been taken to encourage the normal attributes of the website with the use of materials to complement the natural colour pallet and textures of the internet site to offer the least effect each throughout construction and right after completion. The method has therefore been a pavilion that blends with and does not overpower nature with a cohesive architectural character in which it comes to scale, proportion and the articulation of the building kind. It is airy, however firmly anchored into the landscape by indicates of heavy stone clad walls,” says partner Stefan Antoni.Externally the normal fynbos was brought up to the property reaching a feeling that the house is set in nature and does not disturb the all-natural elegance. The creating fits comfortably into the all-natural contours of the orientation of the web site. Cantilevered structures such as the pool and elevated timber decks exactly where allowed to protrude beyond the creating lines and demarcated destructive zone to enable indigenous planting to increase below.
The location of the website invited massive glazed regions and in depth use of outdoor spaces, with every aspect of the house getting a personal terrace or deck. The open program linear composition of the interior spaces permits views from each area. To get benefit of the sea and surrounding golf course views and to offer safety from the excessive Cape Coastal climate, the living spaces have been made with South West/North East orientations, resulting in an open flowing area with each uninterrupted sea dealing with terraces and protected courtyards. This enables the house to ‘live’ on both sides with the main residing spaces forming the hyperlink amongst inside and outside. The orientation offers the owners the selection of sheltered courtyards on the leeward side in poor weather problems or the use of in depth terraces on the windward side on sunny and wind totally free days. The via-views also make sure that 1 always experiences the sea and adjacent rolling landscapes taking possibility of the web site.
The essential to this retreat is its simplicity in terms of the connection in between spaces. Its floor program is structured, sparse and uncluttered.
Architects: SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects
Venture Team: Stefan Antoni, Greg Truen & Johann van der Merwe
Images: SAOTA
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