© Stephen Goodenough
- Architects: Pattersons
- Location: Banks Peninsula, Canterbury 7581, New Zealand
- Project Year: 2013
- Photographs: Stephen Goodenough , Greg McKenzie , Simon Devitt
- Design Director: Andrew Patterson
- Lead Designer: Andrew Patterson
- Project Manager: Octa Group
- Team: Davor Popadich, Grant Scurr
- Interior: Maerocarpa Lining
- Landscape: Rob Watson
- Builder: Hoogervorst Builders
- Engineer: Tyndall & Associates
© Greg McKenzie
From the architect. This is a robust structure, designed to form the centre piece of a remote, symmetrical and thundering surf beach. It is sited on one of New Zealand’s iconic coastal sheep and cattle stations and is intended as a farm experience for family groups up to 12 people.
© Simon Devitt
It is accessed by helicopter from Christchurch Airport or by farm track. It was commissioned by an expatriate New Zealand owner as a base from the where multiple farm and coastal activities can be discovered enjoyed and recovered.
Floor Plan
A vernacular verandahed form belies its massive scale, the apex height is at 5.5 metre and its knee at 3.4 metre in a fully macrocarpa interior, traditionally detailed juxtaposed against black steel fittings. At the centre of the house is a stone fireplace, constructed from rock quarried from the station. The project incorporates mainly custom designed fittings, door hardware, furniture and lighting, oak grills and handles.
© Stephen Goodenough
The building shuts down during storms or when unoccupied and when opened sets up both seaward and leeward exterior environments. It is conceived of as a piece of slowly aging farm driftwood, in the future stock might come right up to the building.
© Stephen Goodenough
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