Architecture / Design guidelines

Kromensee Estate

Kromensee Estate · St Francis Bay area, South Africa · Design guidelines

The guidelines connect the scale of the landscape to decisions about a building’s form and detail, providing a common basis for future designs.

Aerial view of the estuary and coastal landscape at Kromensee Estate — Kromensee coastal setting · aerial photograph from the supplied GAPP design-controls document

The design question

How can a shared architectural language make room for individual homes while respecting a sensitive coastal environment?

My contribution

At GAPP, I worked on the architectural design guidelines for Kromensee Estate. The work translates landscape and environmental principles into guidance for siting, building form, roofs, materials and the relationship between inside and outside.

The value

The guidelines connect the scale of the landscape to decisions about a building’s form and detail, providing a common basis for future designs.

Architectural massing studies responding to Kromensee topography — Massing and landscape principles · GAPP design controls

Roof form and construction diagrams for the Kromensee design guidelines — Roof forms and architectural principles · GAPP

Axonometric study of the layers and external walls of a Kromensee house — Building envelope and the inside–outside relationship · GAPP

GAPP Architects & Urban Designers. My contribution: work on the estate’s architectural design guidelines within the design team. Original diagrams extracted from the supplied design-controls document. These are design principles and studies, not photographs of completed houses.

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Kromensee Estate

The design question

My contribution

The value

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