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DECKS AND BOARDWALKS
SILVER AWARD: Town & Country Projects for V & A Waterfront Boardwalk Extension project ARCHITECT: The Planning Partners ABOUT: Completed in February 2017, this project represents a fine balance between structural safety, functional design, aesthetics and a propensity for blending into its natural – and sometimes not so natural – environment. The developers were commissioned to build a walkway of varying levels that would link up to an existing paved walkway and offer wheelchair access. Providing panoramic views of Table Mountain, Granger Bay, Cape Town Stadium and Robben Island, all the way to Table Bay, this project is an elegant answer in locally sourced sugar gum and clad calyx to a brief requiring clever solutions to multiple design challenges.
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS
GOLD AWARD: THK Construction for House Hansen ARCHITECT: Sadie Jones ENGINEER: Meny-Gilbert & Associates ABOUT: Situated in Glencairn on a steep hillside overlooking False Bay and Simonstown, House Hansen’ s location made this a very challenging project, which required that all the material had to be carried to site by hand. The brief was to add one bedroom and a jacuzzi room downstairs, a new deck area and staircase to the house. As the project developed, the client added a number of extra updates, including changing all windows and doors to aluminium, recladding the whole house, adding a new store room under the house and redoing roof shingles and waterproofing.
SILVER AWARD: Logo Homes for House Randles ARCHITECT: Jacques Cronje Timber Design ENGINEER: Deon Botes, Poise Consulting Engineers ABOUT: The brief for the alteration to House Randles, which butts up to the sand dunes that stretch to the beach in Noordhoek, was to link the main house with the cottage, which is predominantly used as an office, to have internal access to the garage off the basement and create a new entrance hall with guest walk-in closet, new kitchen, domestic bathroom, laundry and storeroom.
The final product delivers to the clients’ high standard of finish with exposed cupola in the entrance hall, welcoming in natural light, and two floor windows to diffuse this light downwards through to the basement rooms.
BRONZE AWARD: Timbercraft for House Bruckner ARCHITECT: Thomas-Gey ENGINEER: Anthony Cave, Cave Consulting Engineers ABOUT: The plan for House Bruckner consisted only of a ground floor and first floor plan and four side elevations; no drawings pertaining to the detailed work as well as the electrical and drainage work were supplied; and the roof had to be redesigned. The ground floor had to be ready in six weeks for the client to move in. The end result, which was completed within estimated time, was to the satisfaction of the client, the new architects and engineers and the council.
STRUCTURES SMALLER THAN 120M 2
GOLD AWARD: Logo Homes for House Riley ARCHITECT: Jacques Cronje Timber Design ENGINEERS: Gadomski Consulting Engineers ABOUT: House Riley, a bachelor cottage, is the third timber dwelling to be built on a large erf high up in Hout Bay. It was built as domestic and guest accommodation with a high quality of design and finish within a strict budget. Built on an area entirely covered in large rocks on a steep plot, the build necessitated tricky excavations and substantial rock breaking, the product of which was retained on site for later use. The deck cantilevers out from the house, because there was no suitable ground underneath to support a standard pole construction. The house comes fitted with a gas geyser for all the water heating, a gas hob for cooking and lighting with lowpower fittings.
SILVER AWARD: THK Construction for House Bruce DRAUGHTSMAN: Greg Selfe, Draftcon Building Plans ABOUT: A retired engineer and yacht builder commissioned the contractor to build the workshop of his dreams, which was constructed in his Constantia garden and delivered in just over two months. The client designed the 32m 2 workshop alongside the designer, to have exterior timber cladding, OSB board internal cladding, exposed rafters and a Heraklith acoustic ceiling.
STRUCTURES LARGER THAN 120M 2
GOLD AWARD: Henton Homes for House Verster ARCHITECT: Jacques Cronje Timber Design ENGINEER: Deon Botes, Poise Consulting Engineers ABOUT: Built in Lakeside against the mountain on a property boasting a 60-degree slope, this‘ hybrid’ house consists of 90 % timber frame with the use of a steel portal frame as the main structural element. This allowed for building on a very steep site without excessive foundation costs, as most of the building is suspended. A large rammed earth wall provides mass and is an architectural feature. Only the bathroom is on a conventional brickwork and concrete surface bed; the garage is on a suspended rib-and-block slab.
STRUCTURES LARGER THAN 220M 2
SILVER AWARD: Logo Homes for House McPherson ARCHITECT: Alan Paine Designs and Johann Marais ENGINEERS: Gadomski Consulting Engineers ABOUT: Another project built on a steep plot in Simonstown, the house was to be built as a guest house with off-street parking for a new business venture. The site drops away swiftly from the road and the design and construction had to accommodate for this with extensive excavations and retaining walls. The project, which took eight months to complete, consists of a two-bedroom, two-bathroom flat on the first-floor level as well as guest house dining room and kitchen. Four large bedrooms, each with a luxury en-suite bathroom, and two of the bedrooms with small kitchenette are downstairs.
16 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2018 //