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Stellenbosch, Western Cape
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Click to view map Coordinates: | The clients [were] a young couple with small children. After some years overseas, they returned and selected the plot on Jonkershoekweg in consultation with the architect. The site established oak trees and a park at the rear (north) side. The house turns its back on the street and faces the sun and the park. To get the maximum sun and light in the bedrooms, the architect incorporated a central courtyard covered by a pergola on which deciduous creepers provide shade in summer and allow sun to penetrate when they drop their leaves in winter. Access to the courtyard is through sliding doors from all three bedrooms, entrance hall and living area. Opening sections are either five [1.5m] or ten feet [3m] wide. Laminated roof beams run right through from the carport to the pergola on the garden side. The house is divided into living, sleeping and working areas with a separate entrance from the road to the kitchen yard. On the right of the entrance hall is a space for hats and coats with access from the garage. The main bedroom has its own bathroom and dressing area through which there is access to the kitchen. Large sliding glass doors open out the living area under the pergola to the garden and a view of the park. Children's sandpits in the garden are screened from the living room by brick walls. Exterior finish is bagged brick painted white; most of the interior walls are in the same finish except for the bedrooms which are plastered. Interior joinery and fittings were carefully detailed by the architect and reveal a high standard of workmanship. The house has been organised around the courtyard giving vistas through large glazed areas with the eye guided by the long beams. (Wale 1971:120-121) The house was also published in Architect and Builder (August 1969). The original core of the house is extant, albeit bookended by a double storey addition on the south side. (William Martinson 2024) References:
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