Build Magazine April 2016

Build Magazine 35 Architecture fresh air. The swimming pool located on the first floor creates a focal point, together with the waterfall running down from the pool to ground floor. The flow of water will help to reduce the temperature and condition the quality of air which is driven by the air stream from the rooms through the inner garden. The hierarchy of the villa is divided into two parts, a front and a back part of the house, which segments space into private and semi-private areas. The floors bring an additional layering of differences to the sense of privacy created. A greater sense of privacy is increasingly experienced as one moves through more elevated levels of the villa. The most private rooms are the bedrooms on the top floor. The bedrooms have been characterised by elevating the rooms from the rest of the floor with a different facade treatment than the rest. Each bedroom is naturally ventilated and captures the eye-catching scenery of Lake Victoria through a large window. The unification of the villa is expressed by dressing a transparent fabric around the perimeter, providing privacy to the house and to create a visual unity to the villa as a whole. The client is a London based developer called TRYGA, headed by Samuel Muwonge, Leonard Mukasa and Andrew Muwonge, a group of young and dynamic forward thinking individuals with a clear vision of establishing a long lasting impact in Uganda through the development of quality luxurious living spaces that have been conceptualized to bring a refreshing approach to the Ugandan property market. With this in mind, the aim is to improve the standards and style in which properties are designed within Uganda as whole. The key to this is taking our time to strategically plan our key concepts and designs and always aim to work in close collaboration with highly skilled individuals who are passionate in bringing ideas and concepts to life. During the design process ABSTRUCT consulting, headed by Adrian Boult, was appointed because of their innovative and talented structural engineering approach with considerable experience in all manner of projects and in particular those with an architectural bias. They have provided a direct hand-on and personal approach by carefully considering integration of structur- al engineering with architecture to create a building which is structurally simple and efficient which is one of the key principles of ABSTRUCT work. Company: Atelier AVO E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.atelieravo.com ABSTRUCT Consulting Website: www.abstruct-consult.com From left to right Andrew Muwonge, Samuel Muwonge, André van Oudheusden and Leonard Mukasa