HB-024 · Rayfield, Jos · On site · Week 27
Rayfield Residence
A four-bedroom family house on a sloping Rayfield plot, planned around a shaded central courtyard.
Why this design
The briefA house for four children, cool without air conditioning.
The constraintA plot that falls 2.4 m from road to rear boundary.
The ideaSet the house across the slope so living rooms catch the breeze, with bedrooms lifted to take the evening light.
Site context
Sloping residential plot with mature trees on the eastern boundary.
LocationRayfield, Jos
Brief to handover
The family had built once before and lost a year to a contractor who never wrote anything down. The brief was short: a house for four children, cool without air conditioning, and a schedule they could see.
We set the house across the slope so the living rooms open to the prevailing breeze, and pulled the bedrooms up to a first floor that catches the evening light.
Foundation and ground floor are complete. The first floor is at 55% and the roof follows in November.