House Maria

A light, open plan home nestled between rich private green spaces on a small plot in Johannesburg | Xhamai Design

2015 residential project | Xhamai Design
A major renovation to an existing home in Parkhurst, a neighbourhood of relatively upmarket homes on small properties. The constrained dimentions of the site offered an interesting challenge to design a home which still felt spacious and contemporary. We employed tall volumes and large openings connecting the interior spaces to small, private outdoor spaces and opened the ground floor up by introducing small, strong steel elements. 

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2015
Johannesburg Urban Fabric
A series of maps highlighting different zoning in Gauteng which reveals bands of industrial activities (red), commercial zones (green), and open space and farming (yellow) which intersect just south of the Johannesburg CBD.
2010
54 Dr Langalibalele Dube Street
A commercial high rise building for Durban.
2019
Zimbabwe Cabin
A 90 square meter bush cabin constructed of local, natural materials | Xhamai Design
2010
UKZN Fine Arts Faculty Building
Studios, lecture facilities and study resources for the University of KwaZulu-Natal, PMB campus.
2019
North Coast Courtyard House
A three bedroom family home centred around a bright North-East facing courtyard which creates a dynamic outdoor living space.
2021
East Rand Indoor Market
A vibrant, reimagined retail and social gathering space on Johannesburg's East Rand. | Xhamai Design
2020
Greenpoint Bathroom Pod
A contemporary refurbishment of a large apartment in an historic sea side building.
2017
Renault/Kia Tygervalley
A 2500 square meter service centre with flagship micro-showrooms for the two companies sharing the space. | Stage 5 Architects
2015
Chapter Illustrations
Collaged images of natural and constructed landscapes over- and under-exposed by the ghostly figures of beer drinkers: an expression of the Genius Loci of Booysens Reserve.
2015
Booysens Brew Works Part 2
An experimental co-operative brewery in Booysens Reserve, a small industrial suburb in the South of Johannesburg. This, my M.Arch thesis project is a conceptualisation of the space constructed by the Imagined Community of South Africa's emergent youth culture.
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