Parihoa / Pattersons

© Simon Devitt

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title="© Simon Devitt"
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title="© Simon Devitt"
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  Architects: Pattersons
  
  


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  Location: Muriwai, New Zealand
  
  


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  Design Director: Andrew Patterson
  
  


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  Project Architect: Andrew Mitchell
  
  


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  Area: 472.0 sqm
  
  


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  Project Year: 2009
  
  


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  Photographs: Simon Devitt, Jean Luc-Laloux
  
  

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  Team: Andrew Patterson, Andrew Mitchell, Luke Douglas, Grant Scurr
  
  


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  Builder: Ross Seward Builders
  
  


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  Electrical: Craig Scobie Electrical
  
  


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  Painter: PJS Painting Contractors
  
  


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  Plumber: Chris Wilson Plumbing
  
  


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  Engineer: CPG New Zealand
  
  

© Simon Devitt

The ancient architype of The Castle as an Outpost or Fort is rarely articulated in the modern world. This New Zealand farmhouse project explores this typology by being both commanding and defensive in one form.

© Simon Devitt

There is no modification to the landscape other than the sentry of the form itself. Wind and sea spray thunders up from the ocean some 60 metres below and the form wraps around to protect a circulation courtyard from the rugged and harsh coastal environment. The resulting structure defends that same environment.

© Simon Devitt

A simple strategy of formal juxtapositions such as converging and expanding walls create varied spatial experiences throughout the form. An entry lobby is guarded by a portcullis to keep the sheep out and sections of the perimeter wall also pivot open unexpectedly.

© Simon Devitt

Plan

© Simon Devitt

The home is arranged as a series of spaces linked by way of the circulation courtyard and secret doors, discovering forms and shapes seemingly arbitrarily positioned, yet suggesting a history; a sense of transcended time. Long views across the protected courtyard end on the all persuasive horizon, moving toward the edges of the structure, the ocean and sky open up above and below, until the view's full breadth is revealed.

© Simon Devitt