Jongi Eastern Cape
Jongi, Eastern Cape
What we were asked to do
The client approached Makena with a site-and-plan project for a family home in the Eastern Cape. They needed a build that honoured the architectural intent down to the last detail — every fenestration line, every transition between materials, every sight-line from inside to out. The drawings had already been through plan examination; the brief was to build them as drawn, not as reinterpreted on site.
Designed for compliance. Built by the same hand.
Because the same hand drew the plan and executed the build, there was no chain of reinterpretation to lose intent across. The architect was on site at every pour, every window-set, every detail call. SANS 10400 (all applicable parts) compliance was designed in from the first sketch — not bolted on after the inspector's first visit. The result: a build that matched the plan, and a plan that passed first time.
What we delivered
Delivered in 9 months. 320 m² of finished space, fully compliant with SANS 10400 (all applicable parts). The client moved into a home that matched the plan, the budget, and the brief — with the full fenestration schedule, material specifications, and as-built compliance certificate in the keys-and-pack.
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