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Stage: CD - DA

Tools / Skills: Model Making, AutoCAD

Time: 2006

HUIS FAGAN

Holiday house in Mcgregor

Commissioned by Mr Fagan’s cousin.

• Stong cape vernacular language

• Design in section gives house single storey appearance from bottom-of-hill approach as the garage and play room is dug into the earth minimising the impact of the building in its landscape.

• Documentation drawings

• Model making

• Site visits

Situated 300km North of Cape Town, this narrow site is located in a “plaas dorpie” (farm village) called McGreggor and is placed on a hill, allowing for beautiful views over undulating hills. On first floor the living room and all the bedrooms open up to the view. The thatch roof’s ridge line separates the service spaces towards the back. Sleeping spaces are maximised by utilising attic space with light sourced from roof lights placed to the rear of the building.