Sea House - 2011 Betty's Bay
A private retreat for two overhanging the sea in Betty's Bay, this building extends the plane of the land into a constructed promontory, roof planted, intermediate zone totally glazed. The mountain side of the building is carved out in curves that respond to the rising land behind it, creating coves and bays to the overflowering fynbos and mountain, while the front overhangs the cliff and the pounding sea in a ast vertiginous curve.
This house lives in the language of the Villa Incognito, where every step out of the front pushes you into the view...It lives in the language of strange ssymmetries that have found expression simultaniously in the Cocoon House- a totally different example in an urban context.