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| Green House Design of Lulu Kati Kati House by Kate Otten Architects Posted: 03 May 2013 05:07 AM PDT
The three levels "Lulu Kati Kati House” sited too steep to be a road, located in the middle of suburban Melville, Johannesburg. This house designed by Kate Otten Architects, suspended between the urban high street and the Melville nature conservancy; suspended between the natural rock face and an 80 year Dombeya tree; suspended, quite literally, from 6 massive gum poles, 9,5m high, each weighing over half a ton. Building and landscape are integrated and intertwined. Views are framed, exposed, focused, created, and reflected.
The house is entered at street level, at the middle level of the building, through a courtyard of tall, indigenous trees, alongside a pond and across a bridge. The middle level is a continuous horizontal space suspended in the landscape of the tree. Cooking, living and eating occur here, opening onto a large balcony organically worked into the branches of the tree. The top level houses the sleeping areas. Here the roof floats above high level windows lifting your focus towards the sky.
The bottom level is cave-like, anchored to the rock and the earth. The rock face is incorporated into the internal space. This level has a bathroom, kitchenette and large playroom opening onto a patio, stone terraced garden, ponds and a bio-pool. This is a green building – unofficially achieving a platinum rating. The design incorporates natural lighting, ventilation, heating and cooling. Solar energy is used to heat domestic water and for space heating in winter. Re-claimed, re-cycled and on-site materials are used as well as local labour and skills. The sun-screens are made from invader plants; insulation and privacy screens from re-cycled plastic cut into plant-like forms. Rain water is collected, circulated and filtered through ponds and a reed bed to the bio-pool. Bursts of colour in the building reflect the same in the surrounding landscape – the pink 'wing-wongy' bay window takes its cue from the pink Kapok tree and magenta Bougainvillea; the green and blue bath box from the blue Plumbago. Views change with the changing nature and colour of the seasons and cycles of a day – the experience of these changes is heightened by the building. – Kate Otten Architects The post Green House Design of Lulu Kati Kati House by Kate Otten Architects appeared first on Home & House Design Ideas | Interior. |
| Natural House Design in 27 East Sussex Lane Singapore by ONG&ONG Pte Ltd Posted: 02 May 2013 05:07 PM PDT
Singapore famous based architecture firm ONG&ONG Pte Ltd created beautiful modern house situated in 27 East Sussex Lane for Sanjiv Misra. The external façade bears an uncanny resemblance to those of resort villas, with its grand entrance of stone and timber. Two stories make up the house, which also has a basement, and swimming pool in the back yard. This house dominated with natural textures feature, stained timber strips making up the surrounding fence, and long timber louvers framing the house's windows. Bamboo shrouds the house in mystery, giving off an oriental feel while also affording privacy.
Indoor and outdoor spaces blend together seamlessly, for example, the living room which leads straight to the pool via a stone veranda. From the second floor, the master bedroom stretches out into the backyard and over the pool. With its use of diverse natural materials and the clever fusion of spaces, 27 East Sussex Lane is a delightful abode for rest and relaxation. – ONG&ONG Pte Ltd The post Natural House Design in 27 East Sussex Lane Singapore by ONG&ONG Pte Ltd appeared first on Home & House Design Ideas | Interior. |
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