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Francois Engelbretch Architect HOUSE LOUW Perched on the slopes of The Hottentots Mountain Range (Gordon’s Bay, Cape Town) with striking views of False Bay on the west, the site offered a unique design opportunity. Favouring a modernist approach, the design waswell structured with strong horizontal lines, accentuated by the flat roofs and the timber louvers. Those elements besides adding to the aesthetical value of the house, are shading strategies against the harsh and yet magnificent sunset. Another spatial defining feature of the design is the 25m lap pool, next to which runs a gabion laid stream which is part of the storm waters system. When I joined Francois Engelbretch Architect, the main structural elements of the ground floor had just been cast. I was fortunate to track the progression of the construction process up to the beginning of the finishing stage. I was involved mainly with the designing and detailing of components, namely the timber façade cladding, the boundary walls, timber decks, balustrade and sun screens. Regular site visits gave me a hand-on approach to designing and detailing. I was able to witness the sequential execution of the details on site, thereby understanding ‘details-buidability’. The simplification process of detailing aspires to a coherent whole between the many components of making up the house. The House Louw project gave me an insight of the dynamics behind the success of a highly detailed project. The cooperation between the design team and the contractor pay an important role in the process as well as the coordination with other parties involved. 16 2x COATS CEMFLEX WATERPROOFING TO COVER COMPLETE UPSTAND BEAM. AND DRESSED INTO ALUM. GUTTER WITH FLASH BAND 90x25mm THICK PURPLEHEART SILL PLANKS ON 69X44 TREATED GRADE 6 S.A. PINE SUPPORTS 65x50x6 GMS ANGLE HORIZONTAL SUPPORT RAIL BOLTED ONTO 150x90x10 GMS BRACKET 150x90x10 GMS ANGLE BRACKET CHEMICAL ANCHOR FIXED INTO RC BEAM 69x32 TREATED SA PINE GRADE 6 VERTICAL SUPPORT RAILS SCREW FIXED TO 90x65x6 GMS ANGLE HORIZONTAL SUPPORT RAIL 150x90x10 GMS BRACKET CHEMICAL ANCHOR FIXED INTO RC BEAM TO ENGINEER'S DETAIL 90x65x6 GMS ANGLE HORIZONTAL SUPPORT RAIL BOLTED TO ANGLE BRACKETS ON R.C. BEAM TO ENGINEER'S SPECIFICATION 90x65x6 GMS ANGLE HORIZONTAL SUPPORT RAIL BOLTED ONTO 150x90x10 GMS ANGLE CLEATS WELDED 125x75x8 GMS ANGLE HORIZONTAL SUPPORT RAIL BOLTED ONTO 150x90x10 GMS ANGLE BRACKETS ON WALL 100x80 SEAMLESS ALUMINIUM GUTTER 90x75x8 GMS ANGLE BRACKET CHEMICAL ANCHOR FIXED INTO RC BEAM 22mm THICK PURPLEHEART RANDOMN PATTERN SHIP LAP CLADDING WITH CONCEALED FIXING TO VERTICAL SUPPORT FRAME TREATED SA PINE GRADE 6 GROUND VERTICAL SUPPORT 60x60x6 GMS ANGLE CLEATS WELDED ONTO 150X75 RHS VERTICAL SUPPORT POSTS 60x60x6 GMS ANGLE HORIZONTAL SUPPORT RAIL BOLTED ONTO 60x60x6 GMS ANGLE CLEATS WELDED ONTO 150X75 RHS VERTICAL SUPPORT POSTS 150x75 GMS R.H.S. VERTICAL SUPPORT POST UP TO R.C. UPSTAND BEAM ABOVE DOWN PIPE 150x75 GMS R.H.S. VERTICAL SUPPORT POST UP TO R.C. UPSTAND BEAM ABOVE 125x75x8 GMS ANGLE FIXING RAIL BOLTED TO ANGLE FIXING BRACKETS ON WALL THROUGH OBLONG HOLES FOR ADJUSTMENT 22mm THICK PURPLEHEART RANDOMN PATTERN SHIP LAP CLADDING WITH CONCEALED FIXING TO VERTICAL SUPPORT FRAME 65x50x6 GMS ANGLE HORIZONTAL SUPPORT RAIL BOLTED ONTO 150x90x10 GMS BRACKET 60x60x6 GMS ANGLE HORIZONTAL SUPPORT RAIL BOLTED ONTO 60x60x6 GMS ANGLE CLEATS WELDED ONTO 190X76 RHS VERTICAL SUPPORT POSTS STUDY TIMBER DECK 150x75 GMS R.H.S. VERTICAL SUPPORT POST UP TO R.C. UPSTAND BEAM ABOVE 150x90x10 GMS BRACKET CHEMICAL ANCHOR FIXED INTO RC BEAM 44x69 TREATED SA PINE GRADE 6 VERTICAL SUPPORTS VERTICAL SUPPORT 150x75 GMS R.H.S. VERTICAL SUPPORT Ground Floor A B D C 44x69 T