2020 Waikato/Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards Winner
Robertson Residence
This home is conceived as a collection of rural forms arranged on a hilltop to align with strong and compelling views to Pirongia and Maungatautari. This assemblage also allows a rich variety of space within and between the shed forms. Site exposure is mitigated, and opportunities created to open or close the house according to the season and weather. Robust materials in black and white are softened by timber landscape screens, and textured plywood ceiling detail. The main living pavilion allows sunlight to filter through a full-length clerestory and fall on the thermal mass of interior brick cladding. A warm and inviting space is created within the hard-line industrial shell. The design is both a bold response to a particular site, and a sensitive solution to dwelling there.
- Practice
- PAUA Architects Ltd
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Waikato/Bay of Plenty
