Ezindulini zeHout Bay ziipropathi ezimbini ezizolileyo ezinikezela ngeyona ndlela yokubaleka kuyo yonke i-Villa Maison Noir kunye nommelwane wayo omtsha kraca, iVilla Verte. Ezi villas zexesha lethu, zakhiwe ngasentabeni, zifana nekhaya elikude nekhaya leendwendwe kwaye zinikezela ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokubaleka, iminyhadala kunye neeholide ezandisiweyo. Umxholo obalaseleyo, nangona kunjalo, uyaphinda uzihlaziye kwenye yezona ndawo zintle zaseKapa.
Iipropathi zezika-duo wamandla kunye noosomashishini u-Jim Brett (we-Anthropologie kunye ne-West Elm) kunye no-Ed Grey (owayekade enesitolo sempahla esekhaya ePhiladelphia egama lingu-Bruges Home). Isibini saseMelika saqala ukuza eMzantsi Afrika ukuzothumela ubugcisa base Mzantsi Afrika e-US kwaye balithanda ilizwe. "Sasibathanda abantu esidibana nabo, inkcubeko, ukutya kwaye sothuswa bubuhle bendawo leyo," ucacisa uBrett. Babeka iingcambu phantsi kwaye bafumana eyona ndawo ifanelekileyo eHout Bay, apho ihlathi leentsini eliluhlaza ngasemva kweNtaba yeTafile laye lasuswa nalapho iqela lepropathi elinabileyo elenza iVilla Maison Noir lihleli khona.
Ngoku bandise uphawu ngakumbi, benze indawo yokuhlala yabucala kwindawo ekufuphi, edityaniswe neVilla Maison Noir ngezitiya ezandayo kwaye ikwayindawo yokufihla iintaba. IVilla Verte iya kwandisa indibaniselwano yezixhobo zokunethezeka kunye nendawo entle. “Sikonwabele kakhulu ukwakha uphawu kwaye sifuna ukuqhubeka nokwandisa ishishini. Kwakukho indlu endala yowe-1970 kwipropathi xa siyithenga, kwaye sazi ukuba singakha into ebhetele endaweni yayo ukuxhasa iVilla Maison Noir kufutshane, utshilo uBrett.
Egqunywe yimithi, iVilla Verte iya kubonelela ngenqanaba elifanayo lesitayile kunye nomphefumlo owenziwa yiVilla Maison Noir, kwiphakheji eyahlukileyo. "Sinethemba lokuba abantu baya kuza kule ndawo yomlingo kwaye bazive ngathi bahlala kwindlu yomthi, eneembono ezingapheliyo zeentaba kunye nendalo ejikeleze bona," utshilo uGrey.
Ukulandela umxholo ofanayo 'welali' yezakhiwo ngokuchaseneyo nendawo yokuhlala enye, iVilla Verte inophahla oluphezulu ezintlanu, iphinda izinto ezintlanu ezihlala zikhona kulo lonke ikhaya. Umqolo wesetyhula wendlu uhambelana nesetyhula efumaneka kwiVilla Maison Noir. "Sisebenzisa amagophe kunye nezangqa kuyo yonke ipropathi njengoko kungekho nto kwindalo isikwere okanye uxande, nkqu nakweyona iselfowuni. Kwaneefenitshala zinemilo emininzi ejikelezileyo kunye nemiphetho egosogoso. Sithanda yonke into emelwe sisangqa: ukulingana, ukubandakanya wonke umntu, umanyano, uzinzo kwaye isangqa sobomi, ”ucacisa watsho uGrey.
“Ukuqala kwethu ukuthenga i-Villa Maison Noir, sayithanda indlela umyili wokuqala, uPoalo Deliperi, awayizisa ngayo ingcinga 'yobuhlanti' baseAfrika. Ucebise ngezakhiwo uThomas Leach ukuba asincede sibonise umbono wethu ngeVilla Verte entsha, utshilo uGrey. Uphawula ubuchule bukaThomas obukhethekileyo bokufikelela kule projekthi ngokwazisa okungqongileyo, kunye nokwenza into ekhethekileyo ngokukodwa kuyilo. Abanye abaninzi bebeza kuphakamisa into enamandla, kodwa uThomas ukwazile ukwenza into eyintsusa, kodwa loo nto yatsho iVilla Maison Noir, uqhuba watsho.
Ukongeza, iVilla Verte iya kubonisa umdla ofanayo kuyilo uBrett kunye noGrey abongeze kwi-Villa Maison Noir okoko bathabathe ubunini-umxube we-eclectic wobugcisa kunye noyilo unika isibheno sehlabathi kunye nokufaneleka kwalapha ekhaya. “Besisoloko sihambahamba ehlabathini, sikhangela iimveliso ezizodwa ezinokunceda abantu baveze isimbo sabo ekhaya,” utshilo uBrett. “Ikhaya lakho libali lakho - kwaye ewe- uxelelwe ngokwakhiwa kunye nokuyilwa kwangaphakathi; kodwa, okona kubaluleke kakhulu kumalunga nomphefumlo wakho okhanyayo. Kukho ukunqongophala kwamava anyanisekileyo okwenyani ngamaxabiso afikelelekayo. Sikholelwa ekubeni iipropati zethu - ezikhoyo nezintsha - zidibene nabantu bethu abamangalisayo zenza amava angenakuthelekiswa nanto eKapa. ”
IVilla Verte ngoku ivulelwe ukubhukisha kwangaphambili kwaye izakwazisa ngokusesikweni nge-5 kaMatshi 2020.
