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April 19, 2024

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A R C H I T E C T U R E + D E S I G N P R O F I L E | G O R T S C OT T and bathing in a lovely evening light. The upper level houses a bedroom wing that revels in filtered morning light, and the top floor study, finally, soaks in 360-degree views. A cinema room, gym, wine room, utility and service area make up the struc- ture's subterranean spaces. "The experience of moving around the main house is likened to the experience of walking up the hill to the crest of the rock prior to the construction of the house," the practice notes. "Each room and use within the house is strategically located according to key views from and towards the site, solar orientation, natural contours of the land, location of the surrounding trees and the creation of a picturesque walk to and through the site." In using the guest house to mark the entrance of the site, the architects employed a detail influenced by "the tradition of small gateway buildings used as a key part of the composition of large houses by architects such as Luytens and Schinkel." Situated at the lowest point of the site, this structure shares accesses to the infinity pool with the main house, of the landscape. Rising from a series of landscaped levels, the project is comprised of a six-bed- room house and a two-bedroom guest- house, connected by an outdoor terrace. Constructed primarily of concrete, with some timber cladding, the house fans out in stepped levels meant to mirror the experience of navigating mountainous terrain. Organized at the crest of the rock, the fluid, light-filled living, kitchen, and dining spaces are the focal points of the main residence and also act as points of entry onto terraces overlooking the lake 44 DIGS.NET | 4.19.24

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