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ARCHITIZER A+ AWARDS FINALIST 2017

​5 STAR AWARD WINNER   |   BEST ARCHITECTURE, SINGLE RESIDENCE SOUTH AFRICA   |   INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY AWARDS   |   AFRICA & ARABIA 2017

Project:  OVD525, Bantry Bay, Cape Town.
Final Completion:  October 2017


Team
Principal Architects: Kim Benatar, Sian Fisher
Project Team: Miles Appelgryn, Daniel Moreau, Andrea Sher

Photography by Adam Letch
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​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 city is seen in the distance towards the east and the iconic Lion’s Head Mountain towers over the house from the south. Western views take advantage of spectacular ocean-sunsets.
 
The owner had been living on the site in a home he built 10 years prior to our meeting. After bravely taking our advice to demolish the existing structure, the brief could be re-constructed and the design that followed tailored to the needs of the client and to unlocking the full potential of this privileged site while creating complete privacy from nearby neighbours.
 
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 and bedrooms, 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.
 
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.
A more delicate, double-skinned screen - with integrated garage panels – is suspended over the entry forecourt and provides a dynamic street façade offering privacy whilst allowing light penetration and glimpses out towards the mountain.
 
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.


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  • Home
  • Recent Work
    • PAD 67932, Nahoon River, East London
    • The Levels, Accra, Ghana
    • OVD 525, Bantry Bay, Cape Town
    • Private Residence, Accra, Ghana
    • Disandt 275, Fresnaye, Cape Town
    • Domum | Bulthaup Showroom, Cape Town
    • Firth 114802, Rondebosch, Cape Town
    • Med 22, Camps Bay, Cape Town
    • Glen 2961, Higgovale, Cape Town
    • Clifton 2, Cape Town
    • OVD 93, Green Point, Cape Town
    • Clifton 1, Cape Town
    • Rhodes 42, Bishopscourt, Cape Town
    • Pezula Estate, Knysna
    • Neil Ellis Winery, Stellenbosch
  • Selected Publications
    • Firth 114802 - Digest Of South African Architecture Vol. 20
    • Firth 114802 - Clever Boxing - VISI vol.80
    • Glen 2961 - The Big Easy - URBIS No 83
    • Green Point, Cape Town - Habitat Magazine - Structured Geometry
    • Glen 2961 - Elle Decoration France
    • Glen 2961- Digest Of South African Architecture Vol.17
    • Glen 2961- A Structural Masterpiece - Top Billing
    • Glen 2961 - House of The Month - House & Leisure
    • Pezula Estate - House of The Month - House and Leisure
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