Nico Van Der Meulen designed House Cal Kempton Park in South Africa. The home is sleek and stylish, with glossy surfaces and warm colors.
Cal Kempton Park By Nico Van Der Meulen:
When Nico Van Der Meulen Architects received the brief, it presented a relatively large house with separate accommodation for the client’s three adult kids. The house was designed to be open to the street with a glass link across a koi pond as the entrance, which separates the guest wing and son’s suite from the rest of the house.
The crescent profile of the stands determined the shape of the house towards the street. The house was kept as far south on the stand as possible, somewhat shallow towards the north. To get enough light into the house, the architects designed double-volume windows, deeply shaded only to allow winter sun into the living areas.
The guest wing, where the son’s bedroom is situated, consists of a gym, guest suite, double garage, lounge/study, and suite. The two other kids could have their north-facing suites and accompanying lounges. Nico van der Meulen Architects planned balconies for each room on both the north and south sides.
The contemporary style is rendered thanks to the light-filled areas and the blending of indoor and outdoor through the sliding and folding doors that lead to the lanai, bar, breakfast, family areas, pool, and internal atrium.
The architects used two beams to prevent boring corner columns in the entrance and living area, which enabled the removal of the corner columns. The architects deliberately fragmented the street façade to avoid a vast monolithic structure and create exciting details as one moves along the street boundary.
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