House Sed by Nico van der Meulen Architects
Architects: Nico van der Meulen Architects
Location: Bryanston, South Africa
Year: 2012
Photos courtesy: Barend Roberts, Victoria Pilcher, Nico van der Meulen
Description:
Arranged inside of the heart of Bryanston in Johannesburg South Africa, this stand effortlessly fringes the Riverclub green. Situated on top of a slanting site, it gladly hoists over its environment.
Initially a solitary story customary house, this brief included including a second story and expanding the territories to more than twofold its current size. The style of the house was modernized, organizing the perspectives, while guaranteeing normal northern light enters each room.
The thought of prolonging and extending the building to its greatest length was birthed upon by examining the format of the current arrangement. Compared to a flexible band that is extended, the idea brought about stretched exteriors that confined the scene. Deliberately utilizing frameless collapsing entryways took into consideration a straightforwardness on the two longest exteriors making this contemporary home genuinely exceptional. Splendidly arranged and outlined, the design of the house guarantees perspectives of the fairway from each room. Long and contract in structure, the outline was effective in mlessly blending the inside with the outside.
Strolling over a Koi lake before going into the house sets the tone of serenity which immerses you as you advance through the very much composed open arrangement twofold volume spaces. Suspended scaffolds and a glass staircase puncture the great twofold volume space adding to the transparent of this configuration. With regards to common hues and materials Nico van der Meulen Architects guaranteed the house mixes in with its encompassing.
Compositional splendor brought about a configuration that displays unhampered perspectives to the recreation center, while consolidating the common sense of ordinary living with the solace of sumptuous open spaces.