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Parkhurst Riverside

Project: Luxury apartments
Type: Architectural practice
Location: Parkhurst, Johannesburg
Year: 2022

South perspective: the apartments rise above the wetland grasses beside the river canal

The brief

21 apartments on a wetland site split by a river canal. Most units face the water and its willows, opening up with large windows and doors.

Franklin Ndhlovu at Evolve Habitats.

21apartments
3,899 m²wetland site
98 m²two-bed unit
2bays per unit

Landscape first

Two axonometric views of the site showing the apartment blocks, existing trees and the blue river canal — Massing on the two sites, with the river canal and existing trees between them.

The apartments seen across the canal between weeping willows — Across the canal, behind the willows.

Site plan

Site plan with the apartment units in red north and south of the river canal, the access driveways and contours — Site plan.

Inside a unit

Sectional perspective through a two-storey unit block above covered parking, with the floor plan above — Sectional perspective and first floor plan of the two-bedroom units.

Open-plan living and dining room with a long sofa, brick feature wall and sliding doors to the balcony — Living and dining, opening onto the balcony.

Living room looking toward the kitchen and the clerestory window — Toward the kitchen, under a clerestory.

Kitchen island and dining table with full-height glazing beyond — Kitchen and dining.

A long balcony with a slatted balustrade and sliding glass doors — The balcony runs the length of the unit.

Two faces

North perspective of the three-storey blocks over a paved entrance court with parked cars — North perspective.

South elevation of the apartment blocks behind trees and grasses — South elevation, facing the canal.