Catwalk house

The client for the Cathouse was a family that needed an all-natural wooden house with no artificial or chemical treatments of any kind because of their children’s severe allergies. They also had a cat that never leaves the house, a dog that needs to go outside, and a parrot that likes a view of greenery. And, last but not least, there was an existing fifty-year old magnolia on the site that the owners wanted to preserve. So that was the brief: a walking balcony for the cat, a large window facing the tree for the parrot, a fenced garden for the dog, along with a service section for parking and garden storage. The house was to be made entirely of wood, completely natural, with no glues or protective coatings, the insulation made of hemp, the plasters of clay, and the structure with no metal supports.

The main access to the building is via the existing connection to the local road on the western side of the plot. The building is structurally separated into two sections, residential and service. The ground floor of the residential part includes a living area, a kitchen with a dining room, WC, and a storage room. Bedrooms are located on the upper floors. The service section includes a carport for parking, a bicycle shed with storage, a service space on the ground floor, and a terrace on the upper floor. The concept includes a large garden area in the front and leans the building on the edge of the longitudinal part of the plot. The volume length of the garden is thirty meters. It includes the magnolia tree and provides for an additional private patio in the front of the dining area. The patio divides the entrance part from the residential part of the house, which is connected to the terrace part above the carport with a bridge, a special request of the client to provide a private garden for the cat. And so we have the Catwalk House