When architect and designer Georg van Gass was commissioned to build a second dwelling on a sprawling family property in the upmarket Johannesburg suburb of Westcliff, he was up to the challenging task. This structure would have to nestle into the ground’s natural rocky ridge, remaining hidden from the main house, and, at the same time, exploit the incredible views across the canopy of the world’s largest man-made urban forest.
The site came with specific challenges:
