Designed by Bronwen Kerr and Pete Ritchie of Kerr Ritchie Architects, this home sits on a life-style block on the northern finish of Lake Hayes. The undulating panorama, mountainous backdrops, and horses within the paddock subsequent door create an idyllic rural really feel and a way of spaciousness.
The purchasers purchased the positioning and located their design inspiration very near dwelling – the neighbours’ home. That home is Pete Ritchie’s mother and father’ place, additionally designed by himself and Bronwen. The purchasers appreciated the look of the home and subsequently commissioned Kerr Ritchie to design their dwelling.
The temporary was for a snug household home for 4. Kerr and Ritchie introduced them with a couple of choices, and the purchasers shortly settled on their most well-liked plan. The plan is designed to maximise the north-facing web site and views. From each the lounge and bedrooms the views are out to Coronet Peak and Arrowtown.
The home is specified by two wings, residing and sleeping. It has been designed to combine with the sloping web site, creating stepped ranges. The type of the home appeared to be a pure and applicable response to the topography of the positioning, says Kerr.
The residing wing incorporates an open-plan entryway with lounge, eating room and kitchen. Stairs join the small leap to the marginally raised tv room. This room connects with the linear bed room wing. This wing has an workplace, two loos, a laundry and three bedrooms, and runs away from the remainder of the home on an angle that displays the steep terrain.
The bed room wing has a steep roofline that follows the slope of the hill behind it. Within the two youngsters’ bedrooms the tall roof area permits for mezzanine flooring, accessed by wall ladders and partly closed off with translucent plastic sheets. In the master suite this additional area is opened as much as create a tall ceiling.
The bed room wing and the east-facing sides of the opposite wings are clad in a darkish corrugated metallic. The storage and residing wing on the west aspect are clad in vertical and textured cedar weatherboards with concrete blockwork. The timber is carried on all through the inside within the entry wall and the flooring, with a cedar display screen between the entry and the kitchen. Equally the blockwork is sustained on to the inside. The combination of straightforward and strong supplies creates a distinct profile for every wing, but additionally types a coherent hyperlink between exterior and inside surfaces.
It is a heat household dwelling that works with the panorama and sits comfortably on its web site with understated grace.
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