A farm house is a charming rural dwelling, typically situated in a pastoral setting surrounded by agricultural land. These homes often feature a traditional design with a focus on simplicity and functionality, providing a peaceful retreat away from urban life. With a close connection to nature, farm houses offer a unique blend of comfort and rustic appeal.

1. FARM HOUSE
(LITERATURE CASE STUDY)
USN:1IS19AT015
JNANESH PREETHAN

2. LOCATION
Silver Lakes Golf Estate is situated in
Pretoria East and is known to be one of
the most secure residential estates in
South Africa. The estate offers a
championship 18 hole golf course, a
country club, walkways and a nature
reserve area where residents can go for
an afternoon drive to view game and
have a sundowner next to the beautiful
lake.
SILVER LAKES GOLF ESTATE,
SOUTH AFRICA
Area: 552.0 m2
Year: 2015

3. ARCHITECT
Dries Verbeek
Founding Principal and CEO
at NEO Architects Johannesburg Area,
South Africa
Experienced in-Educational projects, Tertiary and
Secondary - Student Residences - Campus Master
Planning - Sport Related Projects - Medium to High
Density Residential - Industrial - Refurbishments -
Hospitality - Interior Architecture

4. FLOOR PLANS
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN

5. AXONOMETRIC VIEW

6. ● House Morkel is a contemporary farm style house designed, according to the clients
brief, to be true to its use of different raw materials and provides different open
spaces for entertainment and comfortable living. Set in between dated Tuscan“style”
houses this house speaks the language of the vernacular climate with a central roof
garden over a covered patio, protected from the weather yet opening up towards the
garden and swimming pool.

7. ELEVATION
SECTION

8. ● The roof garden provides a well-insulated entertainment area and softens the
structure with landscaping elevated from ground level to the oor above.The
bedrooms overlook this roof garden for a tranquil bushveld effect. Throughout the
design, internal vistas were created to experience the landscaping and external
areas to give the house an airy and light fee

9. ● The front door is on an axis
defined by a wooden deck
that extends from the front
door straight through the
house to a green wall outside.
The open plan kitchen and
dining room have views to
both the entertainment patio
with swimming pool and the
boma, a client request for
socializing around a campfire.

10. ● The high rock cladded wall at the boma is a reoccurring detail on the street
elevation. In this case the rock wall provides privacy to the main entertainment area
from the street as privacy was also an important factor in the design.The entrance
courtyard, privately tucked away from the street view, is a play area for the kids and
creates a covered approach, by means of the extended roof garden, to the foyer.
This design proofs that contextual and vernacular architecture is achievable and
greater success for comfortable living even in estates where the norm is to conform
to inappropriate adapted foreign styles of architecture."

11. INTERIOR VIEWS