PROJECT REPORT: LUXURY HOMES 49
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In the evening, the pool “becomes like a mirror itself,” says Seilern. It turns orange at sunset, and “bounces light onto the rest of the villa.” Ensuring its pristine, minimalist lines remain uninterrupted, the technical aspects in the pool such as the water jets and returns have all been concealed. With the site’s exposed location, the architects knew the wind would churn up the water’s surface, however they had to build in a contingency to tackle this once it became clear exactly how it would perform. The solution was a system that enables the level of the water to be raised or lowered depending on wind speed and direction. “These are the things that you can’t design on paper,” says Seilern; “you have to figure it out at the later stages.”
Continuing the linearity of the project, adjacent to the pool is a long bamboo- roofed pergola, a “big element” of the scheme, says Seilern. Working alongside a specialist fabricator, the team looked to reimagine regular Greek pergolas, which are “usually a wooden or steel structure,”
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to again give a lightweight feel. Constructed using gumtree, the panels were fabricated and then “hung underneath the structure, rather than above it. The whole thing feels like it’s floating.” This long, naturally covered shape is punctured by a single oculus which brings light into the poolside lounge (which made from chiselled marble), and “acts a bit like a sundial,” says Seilern. She adds: “It’s fun, because it illuminates the space in a different way, every hour of the day.”
A ‘little village’ Rather than being ‘one building,’ the various parts – facilitated by avoiding corridors in place of external circulation – are designed as stand-alone rooms, each with their own entrance. “We wanted functions to flow between each other. Removing corridors means removing boundaries and barriers,” says Seilern. “It’s like a little village!” With its main purpose a summer beach house, blurring outdoor and indoor was
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