2022 Waikato/Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards Winner
Casper's House
Settled into the steep hillside beneath Mount Paku, this small holiday home challenges the idea of what a beach house should be in our consumer driven world. This experimental holiday home utilises the classic Kiwi bach vernacular and number 8 wire mentality. Its cleverly articulated 92-sqm footprint contains several small spaces which delight as they open out to the sea, earth and sky. The two steeply pitched volumes and floating mezzanine enable this tent-like home to embrace the extended views and surf beyond. Casper’s House is a snapshot and reminder of a time when building was more experimental and life perhaps more simple. Construction challenges with structural insulated panels and corrugated translucent sheets were overcome, resulting in a simple elegant rainscreen, reminding us that less is more.
- Practice
- Glamuzina Architects Ltd and Dessein Parke in association
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Waikato/Bay of Plenty
