French Villa and Tower
My brief was to design a tower to reflect a 400 year old French Villa and be as authentic as possible but still with today's’ mod cons.
A Villa was to be attached to the tower and was to reflect an obvious later addition and yet is set to look approximately 100 years old.
There was a further requirement for two large rural sheds.
The north facing site afforded magnificent views down the valley to The Glass House Mountains.
The tower was to be built in stone and have a fireplace, a bedroom with ensuite to the second level, and an office on level three with a possible view to the north.
The tower was to be linked to the villa by way of the stairwell and to have a 50/25 degree witches’ hat roof.
The Villa was to have one master bedroom upstairs with its own ensuite and have an open void to the lounge below.
The lounge was to have a fireplace and be an intimate room for those cool nights in the country. We required a large French style kitchen & dining area with a deck to rap around the northern and western sides of the Villa. Consideration had to be given for the SE & NE winds that really race over the hills and up the valley.
As my client breeds dogs and Llamas we needed a large laundry that could cater for both the farming needs and house on occasion puppies.
The first shed was to house the boarding kennels, two vehicles and have an office to a mezzanine.
The second shed was to house two vehicles plus trailer and have a large loft for storage.
Each shed was to feature a rough finish look to it with stepped stone to each exterior corner wall.
Due to the scale of the project and sloping block we had to create subtitle retaining walls to gain suitable access. The plan was to have several niches in the large western wall to soften it with trailing plants and a small water feature to the towers entry.
All rain water was to be harvested to four water tanks.
Grey water was filtered through a Biolytix Technologies Septic Tank Filter BF6 – with pump.
A very exciting and challenging project.
The photos attached show how the level of design detail has all come together creating a wonderful French Villa set in the country.
A Villa was to be attached to the tower and was to reflect an obvious later addition and yet is set to look approximately 100 years old.
There was a further requirement for two large rural sheds.
The north facing site afforded magnificent views down the valley to The Glass House Mountains.
The tower was to be built in stone and have a fireplace, a bedroom with ensuite to the second level, and an office on level three with a possible view to the north.
The tower was to be linked to the villa by way of the stairwell and to have a 50/25 degree witches’ hat roof.
The Villa was to have one master bedroom upstairs with its own ensuite and have an open void to the lounge below.
The lounge was to have a fireplace and be an intimate room for those cool nights in the country. We required a large French style kitchen & dining area with a deck to rap around the northern and western sides of the Villa. Consideration had to be given for the SE & NE winds that really race over the hills and up the valley.
As my client breeds dogs and Llamas we needed a large laundry that could cater for both the farming needs and house on occasion puppies.
The first shed was to house the boarding kennels, two vehicles and have an office to a mezzanine.
The second shed was to house two vehicles plus trailer and have a large loft for storage.
Each shed was to feature a rough finish look to it with stepped stone to each exterior corner wall.
Due to the scale of the project and sloping block we had to create subtitle retaining walls to gain suitable access. The plan was to have several niches in the large western wall to soften it with trailing plants and a small water feature to the towers entry.
All rain water was to be harvested to four water tanks.
Grey water was filtered through a Biolytix Technologies Septic Tank Filter BF6 – with pump.
A very exciting and challenging project.
The photos attached show how the level of design detail has all come together creating a wonderful French Villa set in the country.
