从Kloof路进入，沿着狮子头的西坡蜿蜒，该基地位于克利夫顿的防风郊区。在任何开发之前的几年，这个斜坡被当地的森林和fynbos所覆盖。然而，今天，该地区已被开发，可以欣赏到沙滩、岩石露头和向南的十二使徒山以及大西洋日落的壮观景色。

Accessed from Kloof Road, which winds along the western slopes of Lion’s Head, this site is positioned in the wind-protected suburb of Clifton. Years before any development was introduced, this slope was conceivably covered by indigenous forest and fynbos. Today, however, the area is developed and enjoys spectacular views over the sandy beaches, boulder outcrops, and Twelve Apostles mountains towards the south and sunset views over the Atlantic Ocean.

该项目需要解决的第一个方面是陡峭的斜坡，必须挖掘以适应结构。该住宅被设想为沿着山的一侧排列交错的街区，上层的私人楼层被适当地屏蔽了可视性和街道噪音。

The first aspect of the project that required addressing was the steep slope that would have to be excavated to accommodate the structure. The home was conceived as an arrangement of staggered blocks that rise along the side of the mountain, with the upper, private levels becoming appropriately shielded from both visibility and street-level noise.

建筑较低的部分，一个独立的公寓，被表达为“一个沉重的石柱”，它的石笼墙的外部和茧状的深色橡木和百叶窗混凝土反映了山腰的地层，它们从那里出现。在这上面是一个过渡空间，被表达为一个绿色露台和braai区域，代表了景观的树叶层。住宅的所有楼层通过一个雕塑般的木材楼梯连接，就像折叠的丝带，适合住宅的设计叙事，随着它的上升，色调逐渐变淡。

The lower part of the building, an independent apartment, is then expressed as ‘a heavy stone plinth’, its gabion-walled exterior and cocooning interior of dark-stained oak and off shutter concrete reflecting the strata of the mountainside out of which they emerge. On top of this is a transitional space that is expressed as a green terrace and braai area, representative of what would have been the landscape’s foliage level. All levels of the house are connected via a sculptural timber staircase, like a folded ribbon that, appropriate to the home’s design narrative, gradually lightens in tone as it rises.

一个垂直的板条盒子盘旋在露台上，让下面的森林灌木柳树生长在这一层，通过可以打开或关闭的屏风来调节进入室内的自然光的数量，就像坐在一棵大树的阴影中。建筑结构由耐久而轻的铝材料制成，表面模仿树皮的不同色调，这是开普敦变幻无常的季节的持久解决方案。

A vertically slatted box hovers over the terrace, allowing the forest bushwillow trees below to grow into this level, with screens that can be opened or closed to adjust the amount of natural light filtering into the interior, as if were sitting in the shade of a large tree. The structure was engineered from a durable yet lightweight aluminium in a finish that mimics the different tones of bark, a durable solution to weathering Cape Town’s capricious seasons.