The Rooftop That Replaced the Café Run.
A spacious villa with an empty rooftop is still a house with an unused room — just an outdoor one. This family had spent their leisure time at cafés and restaurants because their own 200 sqm rooftop offered nothing to stay home for. Eight to ten weeks later, it had become the room they used most.
From an unused rooftop to the family's favorite destination — a complete outdoor living transformation and entrance redesign in Stone Park.
The client felt the villa's rooftop was a wasted asset and that the main entrance lacked the welcoming impression expected from a premium home. Although the property was spacious, the rooftop remained unused, leaving the family to spend their leisure time in cafés and restaurants instead of enjoying their own home.
The problem wasn't space — the villa had plenty. It was that the rooftop, and the entrance below it, weren't doing any work. An empty rooftop doesn't compete with a nice café for a family's evening, so it doesn't get used, no matter how large the house is. The brief was to make it compete, and win.
The response zoned the roof into a lounge, a dedicated dining space, and an entertainment area built around a large screen — not just furniture added to an open deck, but a destination with a reason to choose each part of it. The villa entrance was redesigned in parallel, since a home that had stopped feeling special on the roof had likely stopped making a strong first impression at the door too. The hardest technical problem was making an outdoor space genuinely usable year-round despite the local climate, solved with weather-resistant materials, planned shading, and lighting that keeps the space inviting after dark.
The rooftop was transformed into a fully functional outdoor living destination rather than simply adding seating — zoned into a comfortable lounge area, a dedicated dining space, and an entertainment zone centered around a large-screen TV. The villa entrance was redesigned in parallel to create a stronger first impression through improved architectural detailing, lighting, and material selection.
An outdoor space only gets used if it removes the reasons people default to leaving the house — comfort, shade, something to do once you're there. Zoning the roof into distinct lounge, dining, and entertainment areas gave the family a reason to choose their own rooftop over a restaurant, not just permission to sit outside.
Creating a comfortable outdoor environment that could be enjoyed year-round despite the local climate was the biggest challenge — solved by integrating weather-resistant materials, carefully planned lighting, shading solutions, and durable finishes while keeping the rooftop's open, inviting atmosphere.
These images show the completed rooftop in use — the zoned lounge, dining, and entertainment areas that turned an empty deck into the family's most-used room in the house.
This wasn't a landscaping add-on — it was a behavior-change project measured by where a family actually chooses to spend their evenings. The result is a rooftop and entrance that get used, not admired from a distance, which is a different bar than most outdoor renovations are held to.
How long did the rooftop transformation take?
8–10 weeks, covering the rooftop redesign and the villa entrance.
What was the biggest design challenge?
Making the outdoor space comfortable to use year-round despite the local climate — solved with weather-resistant materials, shading, and planned lighting.
What was included in the scope?
A zoned rooftop lounge, dining area, and entertainment space with a large-screen TV, plus a redesigned villa entrance.
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