LODGE GREGORY

A contemporary farm lodge, located on a farm estate in Gauteng designed to offer private individual suites with uninterrupted views

2012-2014, Residential Estate, Lanseria, South Africa
Area: 500m²
Featured in Garden and Home, January 2015
Project Team: Nadine Clarke
Contractors: Blue Cube Construction / Flooring: Cemcrete / Lighting: Rebel Lighting / Kitchen: Optima Kitchens / Joinery: AE Joinery
Featured in Garden & Home, January 2015 (https://meik.co.za/media/)

Aerial view of contemporary farmhouse with views over highveld surroundings

Timber screens and off shutter canopy to covered entrance of contemporary farmhouse

Outdoor entertainment space with strong connection to inside through fully opening glass sliding doors

Indoor-outdoor living areas and covered patio with steel edging

Bespoke kitchen with eat-in breakfast bar

Open plan lounge and kitchen with raked ceiling and high level windows

Modern open plan lounge and living areas connected to outdoor living areas

Open plan lounge and kitchen with bay window seat, raked ceilings and high level windows

Off-shutter bay window seat with sliding windows to entrance courtyard

Corner bay window overlooking private garden and surrounding bush veld

Master bedroom suite with fully opening glass doors to garden and bushveld

Master suite with fully opening facade and view to surrounding highveld bush

Detached guest suite cottage with steel details and high level windows

Private bedroom suite with stacking plantation shutters, flanked by planted courtyards for privacy

Boma and firepit with walkway connected to entertainment areas

Bedroom suites, separated by central planted courtyards and equipped with private porches

Pool, covered patio and outdoor entertainment space of modern contemporary farmstyle homestead

Outdoor patio, pool and entertainment spaces with strong connections to interior and surrounding bush

Private, detached guest suite cottage with lean-to roof and high level windows

A love for the African bush-veld combined with a ‘lock up and go’ lifestyle motivated this client to build their home in a secure estate North of Johannesburg as it offered them both.

The home had to be sustainable and accommodation had to cater for grown children and international visitors, while maximizing views and an outdoor lifestyle. All accommodation had to connect, and open up to the exterior.

The home was conceptualised as separate, interconnected, North facing suites or buildings. The living space, which opens onto a generous patio and pool deck, makes up the public spaces while a gallery to the south links to all the bedrooms. While the client needed to be able to work from home, they did not want a dedicated study. The solution was a concealed workstation in the space linking the living area’s and gallery. Timber shutters were employed extensively throughout as a means of allowing natural cross ventilation in summer and a second insulation element in winter. The indigenous garden is watered by means of harvested rain water.