DRAFT WORDS
Grahame required a simple home, but had many ideas which he wished to incorporate into the design of his new cave.
Due to Grahame's Frank Lloyd Wright influences, he was adamant about constructing his cave over or near a river somewhere within his environment to be somewhat similar to Falling Water, he decided not to go ahead with this idea when he the difficulty of constructing his cave over a river was explained to him.
He decided to build his cave atop the hill, so he can look out over the valley below, and so he is not to close to any of the other annoying animals who accommodate the forest beneath him.
The cave looks out to the ocean through a vista of trees and mountains, as does Alvar Aalto’s Villa Mairea, and he was inspired by the site location of this architecture so much he decided to design his cave in a similar manner. He also wanted to incorporate a ‘roof top’ type approach to maximising space in his cave. And to also have a pool or pond nearby for hot days and nights.
The cave looks out to the ocean through a vista of trees and mountains, as does Alvar Aalto’s Villa Mairea, and he was inspired by the site location of this architecture so much he decided to design his cave in a similar manner. He also wanted to incorporate a ‘roof top’ type approach to maximising space in his cave. And to also have a pool or pond nearby for hot days and nights.
His home design is simple yet efficient. It has a ground floor level where he spends most of him time, but there is also a level above which is outdoors. This is due to the client wanting to utilise all space possible
Access to the clients cave will be through a tunnel from the forest floor, winding up through the mountain. It will exit at the bottom of a walkway and the client will then travel up a pathway to the entrance of the cave. Access to the roof top area will be of similar construction, which is a low gradient, winding tunnel.
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