Eva Jiricna

Our immediate response to the project and its location, was to elevate a beautiful House, simple in form - an open-ended 'box', yet sophisticated in its design and sleek in its appearance, sitting on slender mirror-polished stainless steel columns above the nature reserve - to allow the wild landscape to flow uninterrupted beneath, and to create quite literally a contrasting LANDMARK above the gentle topography of the site and its lakes.

The House itself, a 'floating' two storey tubular-like enclosure, will be glimpsed through the surrounding landscape as it is approached via a gentle sloping ramp. Entering the House, to one side a dramatic transparent spiral staircase leads to the upper storey bedroom accommodation and onto the open roof terracing. Beyond the entrance, the lobby leads on to the main volume, a spectacular double-aspect free-flowing space of living, dining, entertainment & relaxation areas - a series of internal & external private spaces to be developed in detail to meet the client's specific requirements.

Exploiting the natural beauty of the location, the main volume of the House forms picture- framed uninterrupted views over the surrounding landscape, to one side through an enclosed raised sundeck, and to the other side over an open terrace, which in turn forms part of a series of overlapping decks floating down to the water's edge.

Finally, the House will be designed to environmentally high standards - to suit and exploit the benefits of its natural surroundings, it will make best use of natural daylight and natural ventilation, balanced with a low maintenance energy-efficient building services system.