Mangawhai Farm House
NZIA 2017 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner
The playful and nostalgic mix of classic barn and vertical forms is arranged with the landscape, rather than on it. Slow reveals and vistas have been crafted from an experiential understanding of moving across and through the site. Inside,layers of darkness and illumination provide deeply personal spaces alongside shared areas, an experience enhanced by the selection of materials.
(NZIA Awards Jury)
The site was a secret valley that had been subdivided off from a larger farm located about an hour north of Auckland, New Zealand. The clients wanted to retreat from the city back to the land and memories of their childhood on a dairy farm. This idea of nostalgia suggested a search for the romantic and the rustic rather than intellectual abstraction.
The project is an exploration of a “Modern Farmhouse” typology using traditional New Zealand rural buildings as a formal reference. The collection of 3 structures is assembled informally around a gravelled motor court with a 3m step down to the level of the lawns and the living areas.
(Architizer)
Press/Links
https://www.archdaily.com/868558/inland-house-gerrad-hall-architects
https://homemagazine.nz/modern-farmhouse-newbuild-mangawhai/
https://homemagazine.nz/modern-farmhouse-architecture-nz/
https://wowowhome.com/architecture/inland-house-by-gerrad-hall-architects/
https://archello.com/project/inland-house