OVD525 is a private home located in Bantry Bay, Cape Town. The steep mountainside site boasts un-disturbed views over Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard and Robben Island to the north and north-east. The house was conceived as a series of horizontal slabs containing gardens, decks and pools which slide between two massy, shielding vertical elements at the flanking ends. These are constructed in planked, textured shuttered concrete and expressed internally in different ways; as a tactile and visual backdrop to bathrooms, bedrooms and living spaces, for display and storage, and as elements from which to carve out fireplaces and other features. Living spaces are formed in the voids between these slabs.
OVD525
The house designed by Three14Architects in Cape Town is conceived as a series of horizontal slabs which slide between two massy, shielding vertical elements at the flanking ends.
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- 30 May 2017
- Cape Town
The master suite dramatically cantilevers over the external entertainment and pool area in order to capitalize on the views. It creates the planked concrete soffit of the main living level as it stretches out towards the horizon. The architecture of this home has a restrained, natural material palette, and is respectful of the importance of the ever-changing city and ocean vistas. The house is conceived, detailed and finished in an understated and unadorned manner, creating calm, flowing spaces that are easy to live in.
OVD525, Cape Town, South Africa
Program: single family house
Architects: Three14Architects
Project team: Kim Benatar, Sian Fisher, Miles Appelgryn, Daniel Moreau
Area: 650 sqm
Completion: 2016