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TYPOLOGY RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPES LOCATION SANDOWN, SANDTON SIZE 1900 SQM ARCHITECTS FIELDWORKS DESIGN GROUP CURRENT PHASE ONGOING
TYPOLOGY RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPES LOCATION KNYSNA SIZE 300 SQM CLIENT PRIVATE ARCHITECTS FIELDWORKS DESIGN GROUP PROJECT STATUS ON GOING
Situated on a prominent site in Knysna, the orientation of the structure takes advantage of the slope and views over the Knysna Lagoon. The building is placed strategically on the site to ensure a light footprint and allow for the rehabilitation of indigenous flora around the building.
TYPOLOGY RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE LOCATION MOOIKLOOF, PRETORIA SIZE 650 SQM CLIENT PRIVATE ARCHITECTS FIELDWORKS DESIGN GROUP CURRENT PHASE CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS
The proposal entails the design of a natural swimming pool, new parking, and upgraded driveway, with low maintenance and indigenous planting to promote biodiversity. The
landscape design also draws from the architecture, as it aims to mitigate the thresholds between outside and indoor spaces, allowing for a coherent architectural and landscape
architectural design to emerge.
TYPOLOGY RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE, SYSTEMS & SUSTAINABILITY LOCATION CLEARWATER COUNTRY ESTATE, RIETVALLEIRAND, PRETORIA SIZE 600 SQM CLIENT PRIVATE ARCHITECTS FIELDWORKS DESIGN GROUP CURRENT PHASE COMPLETE
House Smuts is located in Clearwater Country Estate, Rietvalleirand, Pretoria.
This residential project occupies a unique site, as it is situated on a plot overlooking a constructed wetland system. This provides the design team with opportunities to frame views and promote the natural landscape. A strong premise for systems design manifests within the design solution. It is based primarily on the strategic use and recycling of water. A greywater recycling system, in the form of an on-site wetland, is responsible for water purification and reuse. The building is fully equipped with its own water storage facilities, which store grey and purified water separately. The system works with a combination of gravity and solar pumps, in order to minimise electricity usage. Indigenous low maintenance planting, allow the building to blend comfortably with its surroundings. The design testifies to the innovative use of material and construction methods.
TYPOLOGY RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE, SYSTEMS & SUSTAINABILITY, REHABILITATION & REJUVINATION LOCATION BROODERSTROOM SIZE 280 SQM CLIENT PRIVATE ARCHITECTS ORA JOUBERT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS FIELDWORKS DESIGN GROUP
Located in the untainted surrounds of the Cradle of Humankind, a small house of 185 sqm is hidden away on the slope of a magnificent valley with a pleasant cool breeze. Set down from the apex of a hill the house is completely hidden from sight as one approaches the valley.
A series of stacked rock walls, built with slate from a nearby quarry, is overgrown with wild figs (Ficus abutilifolia) and grasses (Aristida junciformis and Pennisetum setaceum) and is reminiscent of the ‘kraal’ walls dotted throughout this landscape. These serve to camouflage the house nestled between the walls in order to make it ‘disappear’ in the landscape, aided further by the planted roof which is overgrown with wild felt grass (Hyparrhenia hirta and Aristida junciformis).
