Status: Complete
Location: Peak Road, Hong Kong
Set in the Middle Gap Road district with heavily wooded hills rising up to the south and west, and with views to downtown Hong Kong and Victoria Harbor to the north, the Residential Development on Mount Nicholson Road will include two 12-story residential towers, a clubhouse, and 19 villas perched along a peninsular ridge overlooking the city. Purva worked with RAMSA during the design of the two residential towers, two villas–Houses 8 and 16, and the streetscape for the entire development.
House 8, the preeminent villa of the development, will sit at the culmination of a winding entry drive. Clad in French limestone with clay tile roofing, this two-story H-shaped house will evoke 1930s modern styling in its proportions and reductive classical detailing. A recessed entry court with symmetrically flanking reflecting pools will draw guests from the motor court into the central grand circular stair hall. The main axis of the house will lead from the hall to the formal living room, dining room, and study, and to the terrace, pool, and garden beyond. Generously-sized French doors will frame views of Causeway Bay and Victoria Harbor. Upstairs, his-and-hers master suites will be connected by a central windowed sitting area with views across a small terrace. The interior stone finishes and moldings will relate to the exterior palette, but the profiles will be more classically-derived and robust to acknowledge the generous proportions of the rooms.
House 16, keeping with the exterior style and material palette of House 8, will also be clad in French limestone. The street facade of this four-story house will be organized in a formal composition on the front, but the garden facade stone will give way to wide expanses of glass to take advantage of lush wooded mountain views. On the ground floor, formal spaces will spill out to a generous terrace, pool, and garden. The first floor will provide children’s bedrooms and accompanying small terraces, while the second floor will be devoted to the master suite. The third floor will offer a guest room and a family game room with adjoining terraces. A roof terrace with a barbecue area and a built-in seating bay surrounded by glass railings will provide additional entertaining space and commanding views.
