House V

House V is a five-bedroom family residence in Centurion, designed around a single site constraint — no direct street access, with a neighbour occupying the full frontage opposite. Rather than treating this as a limitation, the design uses the constraint to generate the entire spatial logic of the house.

The garage is pushed into the footprint, creating a generous forecourt that gives the arrival sequence room to breathe. The front facade is deliberately opaque — an honest response to the neighbour opposite — giving the house privacy and presence at the street simultaneously. One decision generates the entire plan.

The reward comes at the rear. The building opens completely — full-width glazing, timber louvres, a dark lap pool flush with the terrace, and a board-formed concrete boundary wall that frames the composition. Ground floor: open-plan living to the garden, service spine from garage through scullery to laundry, guest suite separated from the main living areas. First floor: four bedrooms arranged around a central family lounge, with a terrace and fireplace above.