House in Constantia Valley is a residential project completed by Metropolis Design in 2014. It is located in Constantia, an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Concept The green wall of trees surrounding the site, were seen as the living perimeter of the house, with the roof expressed as a long continuous inclined plane falling with the slope of the site and forming an evocation of tree canopy, over a free-flowing ground plane. The single storey structure hugs the ground plane and is glazed extensively, to establish contact with the outdoors all round. The street edge is protected by a massive concrete wall, which is designed to reflect road noise from the living areas. Program and Organisation The house is arranged linearly, parallel to the river on the south and opening up to the sun along its entire length to the north. The living accommodation is positioned closer to Brommersvlei Road to the east, with the bedroom section on the interior of the site. The house pivots around a well-established oak tree, which deforms what could have been an idealized floor plan and establishes the idea of a resurgent nature as the primary element on the site. The single storey structure hugs the ground plane and is glazed extensively, to establish contact with the outdoors all round. The street edge is protected by a massive concrete wall, which is designed to reflect road noise from the living areas. A series of courtyards and patios, each offering a different experience of site and different degrees of sun exposure and wind protection at different times of the year, focus each grouping of accommodation. The entrance court, a roughly square piazza- sized space, bounded by massive concrete and stone elements, is intended to establish an atmosphere of tranquility and silence as the prevalent mood of the house. The kitchen and dining room open entirely onto a covered braai patio and the lounge is bounded by two courtyards, one planted and one containing a long natural pond. The entire south façade has an extended timber patio, which forms an interface between interior floor-plane and garden. Circulation is structured by two cross-axes, both of which start and terminate in the landscape and which are formed by long wall elements. ============================================ Please other related video about home and interior design : Modern House Design with Dark Grey Metalic Alucobond Skin as Focal Point of Facade == https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAQK_V12v-w Contemporary House Design with Two Wings and Floating Roof Style == https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9kr27t31tg Home Remodel Ideas - 1930's House to Beautiful Contemporary House with Wooden Skin == https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTaYrFoV2Ao ============================================== The admin of this channel is not the owner of the material inside the video. This video is created FOR EDUCATION (science and knowledge) not for affilate. #COPYING RIGHT NOTICE CLAIM Please if you have any issues in the content used in this channel before you claim it to youtube, SEND ME A MESSAGE and I WILL DELETE IT RIGHT AWAY Source: http://www.homedsgn.com/2016/11/19/metropolis-design-creates-an-open-plan-home-in-constantia/ http://www.metropolisdesign.co.za/ Photos by: Wieland Gleich – ARCHIGRAPHY http://archigraphy.com/ PS. Find Us On : == Google Plus : https://plus.google.com/+Interiordesignmagazine101 == Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/user/HomeDesignTV1 == Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/c/ArchinteriormagzBlogspot-InteriorDesignMagz == Twitter : https://twitter.com/InteriorMagz == Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/interiordesignmagazine101

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