Residential Private

Heavy Stone

Naivasha, Nakuru  ·  2024

Category
Residential Private
Location
Naivasha, Nakuru
Year
2024
Status
Concept Proposal
Area
778m2
Client
Private
Service
Architectural Design

A concept residence in Naivasha where massive rough-hewn stone columns and base walls define the structure, creating a building that reads as monumental from the approach. Between and above the stone, vertical dark timber slatted screens filter light and views at the upper level. Projecting flat canopy roofs at both floors extend the building into the landscape. Cherry trees planted at the perimeter bloom seasonally, their character — permanent in form but changeable through the year — chosen to mirror the stone columns in scale while being opposite in nature.

The Brief

Design a 778 m² residence in Naivasha with a character drawn from the landscape — stone, mass and natural material — while maintaining the openness and quality of a contemporary home.

Our Approach

The rough-hewn stone columns are load-bearing and structural, not applied. Their unfinished surface is the primary material statement of the building. Vertical timber slatted screens between the upper columns modulate light and privacy at the first floor while providing a visual lightness above the heavy stone base. The covered terrace runs along the garden face of the ground floor, creating a shaded outdoor living zone between the building and the pool. The pool itself sits at the edge of the terrace, facing the garden and the cherry trees beyond.

Heavy Stone — front elevation showing rough-hewn stone columns, vertical timber screens and canopy roofs, Naivasha, concept render
Heavy Stone — covered terrace lounge with large rough stone column, purple low-profile sectional seating and swimming pool beyond, concept render
Covered terrace — stone column, purple seating and pool beyond
Heavy Stone — entry close-up showing rough stone columns, stone paving steps and vertical dark timber slatted screen, concept render
Entry close-up — stone columns, steps and timber screen
Heavy Stone — garden elevation showing stone base, cherry trees in blossom and meadow planting, concept render
Garden elevation — stone base and cherry trees in blossom
Heavy Stone — dusk view of stone column detail with cherry tree in blossom and glazed ground floor opening, concept render
Dusk detail — stone column, cherry blossom and glazed opening
Heavy Stone — rear garden elevation showing pool in front, covered terrace with purple seating and cherry trees on both sides, concept render
Rear elevation — pool, covered terrace and cherry trees
Heavy Stone — corner detail of rough stone columns and base with cherry tree in blossom and meadow planting, concept render
Corner detail — rough stone columns and cherry blossom
Heavy Stone — side-angle garden view showing stone columns, cherry trees and pool terrace at left, concept render
Side-angle view — stone columns, cherry trees and pool
Heavy Stone — construction photograph showing the building under construction in the Naivasha landscape with stone and timber elements taking form
Under construction — stone and timber elements taking form in Naivasha
Heavy Stone — night render showing pool lit in foreground with cherry trees and illuminated building facade behind
Night render — lit pool and illuminated facade
Heavy Stone — night render showing cherry tree lit in front of the stone and timber facade with covered terrace visible
Night render — lit cherry tree and stone facade
Heavy Stone — dusk render showing stone column and covered terrace with outdoor furniture and pool edge, Naivasha, concept render
Dusk — stone column, terrace and pool edge

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