An alteration project in Muizenburg which had undergone its design
and council phase and then put on pause since last year until now, is ready for
construction.
The small scale project consists of an addition of two bedrooms
with a bathroom in the garden, those of which will latch onto the existing
house. That will include a deck pathway that will connect a garage to one of
the new bedrooms.
It seems like an easy task until you consider the site conditions,
which will give you a different perspective of the project.
1) The existing plinth is
incredibly high. So high that you can only enter the house through the use of
steps from both entrances (back and front).
2)
The second room has to sit exactly on the boundary, meaning that a
new wall has to be built on top of the existing boundary wall, without
affecting the neighbours.
3)
The new structures will
block off the sun from the garden.
4) The existing house is
Victorian, so already
At the same time, those conditions are what help influence the
design itself.
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