2020 Waikato/Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards Winner
Two Six Splay House
This townhouse explores the idea of the home as fluid space. The design creates a journey from the busy public realm of the street through relaxed family spaces to the unexpected breadth of a park outlook. The longitudinal splay planning is a dynamic response to this linear experience; it allows variance and flow within a narrow envelope and creates opportunities for the living space to open to various north-facing garden and courtyard areas. The building form is strongly articulated with contrasting horizontal modelling of cedar box floating over a brick base. A privacy veil of metal screening is fitted into the upper openings, and repeated vertical battens accentuate the movement of the splay. The design is a spatial solution that benefits from the site’s limitations, and has a delightful family living space at its heart.
- Practice
- Architecture Bureau Ltd
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Waikato/Bay of Plenty
