架构师提供的文本描述。客户的简报要求为一家四口之家设计一套位于丛林中的住宅。该地点是1公顷的灌木丛地块，位于Rooulaat水坝集水区，需要对建筑物的选址采取一种敏感的办法。这座建筑被仔细地放置在现存的荆棘树之间，就像亭子一样。生活、睡觉、服务和客人四个展馆是连接在一起的，形成了一个组合的生活单元。亭子形成庭院，住在它们之间的灌木丛中。

Text description provided by the architects. The brief from the client required the design of a home for a family of four in a bushveld estate. The site is a bushveld plot of 1 hectare, and is situated in the Roodeplaat Dam catchment area and required a sensitive approach to the siting of the building. The building is carefully placed as pavilions between the existing thorn trees. The four pavilions for living, sleeping, services and guests are linked to form a combined living unit. Pavilions form courtyards for living in the bush between them.

 Ground Floor Plan

房子由三个概念要素组成：屋顶和天花板模仿刺槐树的水平平面，为居民提供遮荫。第二，“蚁状”壁炉是景观中的信标，第三，锯齿状的边缘石墙元素模仿景观的克利普·科普里(Klikopje)。

The house consists of three conceptual elements: The roof and ceiling emulates the horizontal plane of the acacia thorn trees providing shade for its inhabitants. Secondly The 2 “anthill like” fireplaces are beacons in the landscape, and thirdly the jagged edge stonewall elements emulates the klip kopje of the landscapes.

屋顶高度保持在最低限度，以创造家庭空间，以及确保一个较低的视觉影响自然环境。建筑的基本结构是一个钢棚，在棚子下面有填充的木窗和砖墙。将木材车床天花板悬挂在钢结构上，形成一个高度绝缘的屋顶腔，以避免夏季过热和冬季热损失。

The roof height is kept to the minimum to create homely spaces as well as to ensure a low visual impact on the natural environment. The basic structure is of the building is a steel shed with infill timber windows and masonry walls under the shed. A timber lathe ceiling is suspended from the steel structure to form a highly insulated roof cavity to avoid summer over heating and winter heat loss.

砌体墙建成后，置于屋面结构表面下，是自由形状的。在这些墙壁元素之间的空间是充满木材和玻璃，框架景观的景观。建筑物的内部装饰保持在最低限度的车床天花板，木材门窗和混凝土地板。

The masonry walls were placed under the roof structure surface after it was erected and are free form shapes. In between these wall elements the spaces are filled in with timber and glass, which frame views into the landscape. The interior finishes of the building are kept to the minimum with lathes ceilings, timber doors and windows and concrete floors.

在设计中采用了一些可持续的战略，包括：1。玻璃表面的有效阴影2。高隔热屋顶超过法定要求3。太阳能热水供暖系统。4.种植屋顶集水系统集成到景观灌溉系统和新兴供水系统6。节能玻璃

A number of sustainable strategies were employed in the design and include the following: 1. Effective shading of glass surfaces 2. Highly insulated roof above the legal requirements 3. Solar Hot Water heating systems. 4. Planted roofs 5. Water harvesting systems integrated into the landscape irrigation system and emerging water supply system 6. Energy efficient glazing.

最后，建筑设计在本质上试图对原始的灌木丛景观敏感，同时为它的居住者创造一个温暖的家，而不是富丽堂皇的居住者。

Finally, the building design in essence attempts to be sensitive to the pristine bushveld landscape, and at the same to create a warm home for it its dwellers without opulence.

Architects Earthworld Architects

Location Pretoria, South Africa

Category Houses

Design Team Braam de Villiers, Madelaine Haycock, Pieter Beukes, Hendrieka Raubenheimer

Area 705.0 sqm

Project Year 2014