LOCAL PROJECT
PROJECT INFORMATION
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Braam de Villiers Rudi Botha
Nerisha Bezuidenhout Madeleine Haycock Ulrich Pieterse
Mooikloof Estate , Pretoria , Gauteng , South Africa
House Dreyer is located adjacent to a small lake on the
large residential farm of Mooikloof Estate in Pretoria East .
The property , a little bigger than one hectare , is in a valley on the southern part of the estate . The house is hidden among bushes and trees but reveals itself on the bank of the lake at the centre of the site .
The lake is part of the stormwater drainage system of the estate and creates a beautiful natural biome . The building was designed as three pavilions in relation to the lake . Two stereotomic pavilions of brick and concrete support a third timber pavilion floating above .
The first brick pavilion is the outbuildings and office south of the main house . The outbuilding forms one edge of the central courtyard . The roof of the outbuilding is planted to form a continuous natural edge to the street .
The ground floor of the house is also a brick and concrete box . Openings into the brick structure are gradually made larger towards the lake . The view to the lake is framed with decks and a natural pool . A 3D view of House Dreyer at the Mooikloof Estate in Pretoria .
The ground floor of the house is a brick and concrete box .
Two stereotomic pavilions of brick and concrete support a third timber pavilion floating above .
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