2015 Southern Architecture Awards Winner
Aro Ha Wellness Retreat
Set into the landscape with sensitivity and care, this thoughtfully considered collection of buildings respects its awe-inspiring site. ‘Off the grid’ buildings are positioned and shaped to both embrace and frame views, providing a serene sense of place and an inward perspective. The material palette is restrained and well detailed, and imparts welcome calm and stillness. Local stone anchors the building in places, and complements the silvering timber textures elsewhere. Attention to the foundations, which makes the buildings appear to lightly touch the land, and to the structure of the lean-to greenhouse, celebrate the form of the Retreat and accord with the clients’ beliefs. The whole architectural experience takes you on a reflective journey.
- Practice
- Tennent Brown Architects
- Category
- Commercial Architecture
- Location
- Southern
