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2022 Canterbury Architecture Awards Winner

Gustorob

On a four-hectare lifestyle block between the Port Hills and Canterbury Plains, two detached dwellings are connected by a single roof. This canopy enhances the connectedness of the dwelling, in which three generations of a family share social interactions, loving memories, and support one another through different stages of life. The home’s geometric form, created by a curved back wall and sloping roof, generates a sensation of capture and gentle release. A striking external palette of rolled Zincalume fits Gustorob into its agricultural setting, while inside kauri, rimu and matai timbers exude a warm, golden glow. Orientated on a strict east – west axis, allowing for passive solar heating, Gustorob’s careful positioning on its site also takes advantage of an existing bisecting shelter belt.

 
Practice
Bull O'Sullivan Architecture Ltd
Category
Housing - Multi Unit
Location
Canterbury
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