Sunday, August 23, 2009

Sandhills Road House / Fearon Hay Architects

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Architect: Fearon Hay Architects
Location: Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
Constructed Area: 250 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2008
Photographs: Patrick Reynolds

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Located on the Eastern coastline of the Huaraki Gulfs, Great Barrier Island the 'Great Barrier House' is a easygoing pass instruction that references tralatitious notions of bach occupation. Drawing rousing from the intent of digit sheds linked by extended tarpaulin, the concern consists of digit liveable areas connected by an cavernous floating pavilion. Wide expanses of sliding render doors & adjustable blinds earmark the tent to move to assorted environmental conditions patch providing the positioning for intake dining & quiet within the uncolored surrounds of the property.

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Clad in adornment sawn jaunt artefact the 'sheds' wage a recent verify on the ingest of informal antiquity materials. Coupled with the ingest of semipermeable metal screens the knowledge to cook hunting and surround from within the 'sheds', provides boost meaning to tralatitious notions of pass activity and salutation to site. As locations for the bedrooms and bathrooms these shapely forms substance a significance of country from the unstoppered tent space.

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A roof embellish upon the Northern 'shed', gives hunting and seafaring views, otherwise limited by the place positioning behindhand the Medlands beach smoothen dunes and close amongst the neighboring properties. Standing upon the roof embellish hunting South-West towards old corrugated farm sheds and hunting North-East towards the cavernous seascape, the Great Barrier House sits comfortably within its environment; substance a clannish withdraw patch allowing an activity that embraces the close genre and context.


Sandhills Road House / Fearon Hay Architects

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