Kumapiri a Hout Bay pali malo awiri osasunthika omwe amapereka mwayi wothawirako zonse -Villa Maison Noir ndi mnansi wake watsopano, Villa Verte. Nyumba zapamwamba zamakonozi, zomangidwa m'mbali mwa phiri, zili ngati nyumba kutali ndi kwawo kwa alendo ndipo zimapereka malingaliro osiyana pang'ono othawa, zochitika ndi tchuthi chotalikirapo. Mutu wokulirapo, komabe, ukuyambanso mu umodzi mwamawonekedwe okongola kwambiri ku Cape Town.
Malowa ndi a opanga ndi amalonda awiri a Jim Brett (wa mbiri ya Anthropologie ndi West Elm) ndi Ed Gray (yemwe m'mbuyomu anali ndi sitolo yapanyumba yapamwamba ku Philadelphia yotchedwa Bruges Home). Banja la ku America lidayamba kubwera ku South Africa kudzatumiza zombo zaku South Africa ku US ndipo adayamba kukonda dzikolo. Brett anati: “Tinkakonda anthu amene tinakumana nawo, chikhalidwe chawo, chakudya komanso kukongola kwa malowo. Anayika mizu ndikupeza malo abwino kwambiri ku Hout Bay, pomwe nkhalango ya chingamu ya buluu kuseri kwa Table Mountain idadulidwa komanso pomwe gulu lalikulu lomwe limapanga Villa Maison Noir amakhala.
Tsopano akukulitsa mtunduwo, apanga nyumba yatsopano yapayekha pamalo oyandikana nawo, omwe amalumikizidwa ndi Villa Maison Noir ndi minda yayikulu komanso ndi malo obisalamo amapiri. Villa Verte ikulitsa kuphatikiza kwa zinthu zapamwamba komanso malo abwino. "Tidakondwera kwambiri kupanga mtunduwo ndipo tikufuna kupitiliza kukulitsa bizinesiyo. Poyamba panali nyumba yakale ya m’ma 1970 pamene tinkaigula, ndipo tinkadziwa kuti tingamange china chake chabwinoko kuti chigwirizane ndi Villa Maison Noir pafupi ndi nyumbayo,” akutero Brett.
Atakutidwa ndi mitengo, Villa Verte ipereka mawonekedwe ndi moyo womwewo womwe Villa Maison Noir amachita, mu phukusi losiyana pang'ono. “Tikukhulupirira kuti anthu adzabwera ku malo amatsenga amenewa n’kudzimva ngati akukhala m’nyumba ya mitengo, yokhala ndi mawonedwe osatha a mapiri ndi chilengedwe chonse chowazungulira,” akutero Gray.
Kutsatira lingaliro lomwelo la 'mudzi' wanyumba zomangidwa mosiyana ndi nyumba imodzi, Villa Verte ili ndi madenga asanu okwera, kubwereza zinthu zisanu zomwe zimapezeka nthawi zonse mnyumba yonseyo. Msana wozungulira wa nyumbayo umafanana ndi zozungulira zomwe zimapezeka ku Villa Maison Noir. "Timagwiritsa ntchito ma curve ndi mabwalo m'malo onse chifukwa palibe m'chilengedwe chomwe chili ndi mainchesi kapena makona anayi, ngakhale pama cell ambiri. Ngakhale zipangizo zili ndi maonekedwe ambiri ozungulira ndi m'mphepete mwake. Timakonda chilichonse chomwe bwalo limayimira: kufanana, kuphatikiza, mgwirizano, kukhazikika komanso kuzungulira kwa moyo, "Gray akufotokoza.
"Pamene tidagula Villa Maison Noir koyamba, tidakonda momwe womanga wakale, Poalo Deliperi, adatsitsimutsa lingaliro la 'khola' la ku Africa. Adalimbikitsa womanga a Thomas Leach kuti atithandize kuwonetsa masomphenya athu a Villa Verte yatsopano, "akutero Gray. Amaona kuti Thomas ali ndi luso lapadera lofikira pulojekitiyi povomereza malo ozungulira, komanso kupanga china chake chapadera kwambiri pamapangidwe. "Ena ambiri akadaganiza zopambana, koma a Thomas adatha kupanga china chake choyambirira, koma chomwe chimanenedwa ndi Villa Maison Noir," akupitiliza.
Kuphatikiza apo, Villa Verte iwonetsa chidwi chomwe Brett ndi Gray adawonjezera ku Villa Maison Noir kuyambira pomwe adatenga umwini - kusakanizika kosiyanasiyana kwa zojambulajambula ndi mapangidwe kumapangitsa chidwi chapadziko lonse lapansi komanso kufunikira kwanuko. Brett anati: “Nthawi zonse takhala tikuyenda padziko lonse lapansi, kufunafuna zinthu zapadera zomwe zingathandize anthu kufotokoza kalembedwe kawo kunyumba,” anatero Brett. "Nyumba yanu ndi nkhani yanu - ndipo inde - imanenedwa kudzera m'mamangidwe ndi mamangidwe amkati; koma, chofunika kwambiri ndi za mzimu wanu kuwala. Pali kuchepa kwa zokumana nazo zenizeni zenizeni pamitengo yotsika mtengo. Tikukhulupirira kuti katundu wathu onse - omwe alipo komanso atsopano - kuphatikiza ndi anthu athu odabwitsa amapanga zochitika zomwe sizingafanane nazo ku Cape Town. "
Villa Verte tsopano ndiyotsegukira kusungitsa zisanachitike ndipo ikhazikitsidwa mwalamulo pa Marichi 5, 2020.
