Bushveld Holiday Shed
“Instead of a beautiful space ship, I want a tugboat” - Matt
Matt asked us to design a weekend getaway on a small holding 1.5 hours north of Johannesburg.
The result is a flexible holiday shed used for table tennis, TV games, socializing and overnight visits.
The shed is a standard structure used all over South Africa. It provides a precise framework for infill and high volumes. One end faces an the old farm dam, now a natural pool with a raised patio and a large roof for shade. The roof is made of light steel sections and has a clear span of 9m so you can enjoy unobstructed views of the landscape.
A large tip-up door opens up the side of the shed completely using a low-tech pully system. Together with our team we built a shower at the other end of the shed, using glass bottles to create a pattern of light points.
26’10 project team: Thorsten Deckler, Paul Devenish, Tebogo Ramatlo, Kegan Stokes, Alex Konchev
Structural engineer: Mike Linning
Principals: Thorsten Deckler and Anne Graupner
Photographed by Thorsten Deckler, Shani Fakir
