NEW BOSTON

Aim: Using the buildings existing envelope to expand internally its apartment capabilities and provide aesthetic valuable return on the property.

Location: Bellville, Cape Town

Findings: The most conclusive findings, were the multiple implications the site had on the project, due to the fact the building had different zoning schemes on the ground floor and upper floors. With an extreme tight budget, re-suing the outer and inner shell of the building was the main driving force to implement cost-effective design choices that ultimately made the project an ongoing success.

Aim: The intent of this project was to utilize a heritage site with difficult parametric volumetric challenges, the only solution was to drive a loft-styled apartment space into the pre-existing envelope of the space.

Location: Cape Town

Findings: Being a Micro-Apartment, one should always consider joinery and volume as a source of inspiration and solution to a design. I’ve come to terms that a design should be considered practical, functional but effortless design to adapt the user’s perspective when it comes to Micro living spaces.