Cape Drive Residence is located in a costal setting on the south side of Hong Kong Island. The home offers elevated panoramic ocean views to the east and west and is just a short walk from the sandy white beaches of Stanley and Chung Hom Kok.

The design harnesses a costal essence through materiality, light and an easy flow, seamlessly connecting the interior and exterior spaces.

The living spaces occupy the ground floor with a surrounding terrace and garden, providing an open connection between the kitchen, dining, living areas and the exterior terrace. The terrace is an undulating landscape of stone, allowing for pockets of greenery and different zones to be occupied. A new internal courtyard was inserted between the living and dining area with a centralized tree and surrounding seating. The main terrace frames the living space with expansive ocean views beyond, offering a sunken seating area with shelter from the easterly winds.

White timber louvers provide a continuous ceiling plane in the interior living spaces which extends to the exterior as a canopy, again blurring the interior / exterior condition. A coastal stone (Ceppo Nova) also carries from the interior to the exterior, with large windows and doors framing the panoramic views beyond.

A centralised core runs vertically through the 4 levels of the home providing circulation and housing the more private activities such as bathing and dressing. Clad in a whitewashed timber, the materiality echoes the coastal location and reflects light through the spaces. This central core is punctuated by a staircase clad in warm oak timber and framed by a white metal rod screen. Sliding screen doors can open and close off each level whilst offering transparency and light through the different spaces.

The upper 2 floors, provide bedrooms, a second living space and a study, all located either end of the home with coastal views. The white washed core extends into these private spaces offering storage, seating and shelving, with hand-raked plaster walls offering a textural contrast. The bathrooms add a fresh moment of colour into the space, using patterned tiles handmade in Portugal by the designer Elisa Passino.

The design of the home reflects the relaxed and laidback lifestyle of a beach setting. Warm tones, tactile surfaces and textures, a clean and simple material palette, and a seamless flow between inside and out; Cape Drive Residence offers the fitting backdrop for coastal living.

photo credit © Jonathan Leijonhufvud