The tour de force is a glass wall in the office/gym, with views below water of the Koi ‘pets’, which comes when they are called, and a view over the water towards the marshland & indigenous forest.
Architect’s comments: A holiday home, which will later serve as a retirement home, was required by a middle-aged, affluent couple. They required an ‘off-the-grid’ home for them & their 60 pet Koi fish, making the most of the indigenous forest. A separate main suite close to the Koi & living area flowing out onto a deck & infinity pool, two separate guest suites for visits from their adult children’s families, as well as double staff quarters, was the very specific brief given to us. We were faced with a stand which featured a steep drop-off at the bottom of a cul-de-sac, and a view of the forest towards the North-West.