Article source: Architects Of Justice

When a client approached Johannesburg-based Architects Of Justice and commissioned an avant-garde retreat he could disappear to, a journey began which would culminate in a recent Commendation for the project in the Mpumalanga Institute for Architecture (MPIA) Awards for Architecture 2017.

The site for the project, situated within the Mjejane Private Game Reserve – a private Big 5 game reserve incorporated into the Kruger National Park – opens onto a view of the Crocodile River on the north boundary with a green belt on its eastern edge. The retreat was designed to maximise the connection to nature and wild game while ensuring privacy between the five en-suite bedrooms as well as from neighbouring lodges. The rigorous estate guidelines motivated the architects to design around the existing flora on the site, which led to a freeform design that required only three trees to be replanted.

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• Architects: Architects Of Justice
• Project: A place of rest
• Location: Game Reserve, South Africa
  
• Project Manager: Condor & Co Project Management
• Structural Engineers: Professional Consultants Corporation
• Contractor: Ingwe Construction
• Steelwork Contractor: Quality Steel
• Structural Steel Detailer: Orbit Steel/Quality Steel
• Cladding Supplier: Chromadek
• Energy Consultants: Structatherm Projects

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