Herne Bay Villa
NZIA 2017 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
NZIA 2016 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner
This project was to transform an existing villa into a long term home for the clients family. A scheme was pursued around secondary forms that were subservient to the existing villa but complimented its materials, textural depth and shadowing. The timber upper floor elements are contrasted by cave-like spaces on the lower living floor level.
“Two goals have been successfully pursued in this project: to add a distinctive lower floor to an existing villa, and to connect the resultant living areas to the rear garden and lawn. Transitions, from the light and loose front of the house down into the sunken, cave-like addition, and between the lower-level spaces, have been very well handled. Rooms retain their individuality without sacrificing compatibility; materials are deployed inventively but not discordantly. The architect has given an imaginative twist to the familiar tale of the villa extension.”
(NZIA Awards Jury )
Press/Links
https://architizer.com/projects/herne-bay-villa-alteration/
https://www.nzia.co.nz/awards/national/award-detail/6719
https://www.nzia.co.nz/awards/national/award-detail/6131
https://homemagazine.nz/breathing-new-life-into-new-zealand-villas/
https://homemagazine.nz/a-concrete-box-on-the-back-of-a-villa-manages-to-both-compare-and-contrast/