We worked with architect Darren Petrucci and his team on this striking duplex dwelling at the base of Table Mountain’s northern slope in Oranjezicht, cascading four storeys down the mountainside in two mirror-image units, each opening onto sweeping views of the bay with slot views to Lion’s Head and Devil’s Peak.
Our role covered Principal Agency for the custom pre-cast concrete structure and its Cloud Beam roof system, an engineered array of winged concrete beams that shade the dwellings, funnel rainwater into cisterns beneath the building, and carry 70 solar panels between the two units, all while framing views back to the mountain through glazed south elevations. Coordinating the many specialist trades behind a system this technical, from precast fabrication to solar and water harvesting, made this one of our most demanding projects to date, and the result is two self-sufficient, sculptural homes.
