2008 NZIA Local Awards - Residential Architecture - Houses

A small house - 80m2- for a musician in the family orchard. The house is built within the rows of organic apple trees, on the mode of a "shed", with its roof sticking up from the foliage. The fully open plan works as a recording and rehearsing studio as well as a living pod for a single man.

JURY CITATION: Disarmingly simple in form and execution this very direct interpretation of the bachelor pad proves that architecture is not dictated by budget. No nonsense finishes of plywood and flat steel give vitality to this elegant shed set amid an orchard.

Photographs by Paul McCredie

Location:

Havlock North, Hawkes Bay

Date:

2008

Program:

Residential

JURY CITATION: The asymmetric roof geometry maximises the useable volume and offers a sculptural dialogue with the neighbouring John Scott House. Within, the roof gives a sense of spaciousness and design that belies its essential modesty.