2022 Nelson/Marlborough Architecture Awards Winner
Pūponga Bach
This house on a remote corner of Golden Bay is an example of architecture that is ‘of its site’. Anchored to a historic railway embankment, simple forms and rustic cladding recollect earlier coal mining structures. The bach’s elevated linear form stretches away into the tree canopy and a camping deck beneath. A sequence of open spaces along the escarpment ‘ridge’ extends through the centre of the house, shaping the arrival experience and connecting the upper level with a range of living spaces, inside and out. The house feels like a mechanism to approach, and be, to inhabit, and appreciate the land in which it sits.
- Practice
- Athfield Architects Limited
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Nelson/Marlborough
