The Cantilever Villa (2023), designed by architect Donald Osborne, is carefully embedded in its urban surroundings and deliberately explores the transition between public and private space. On the street side, the villa presents itself as closed and restrained, while the rear fully opens up towards the garden and verandas.
A wall of more than 50 metres long forms the backbone of the house and marks the division between the public and private domains. Various functions of the villa are integrated in and around this wall, such as the entrance, garage and storage on the street side, and the living kitchen and verandas on the garden side. At the locations of patios and openings, a subtle interaction between inside and outside emerges, enhanced by vertical lamellas of Platowood Fraké in profile P05. The wooden façade filters views and light while bringing calm and cohesion to the overall appearance of the building.
