Patterson Associates Limited

Parihoa

Parihoa
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PARIHOA

Pattersons

ARCHITECTS
Pattersons

PHOTOGRAPHS
Simon Devitt

AREA
472.0 sqm

MANUFACTURERS
Equus NZ Roofing Application: Aqua Stop, JSC - JSC Timber Decking, Jeff Armitage Wooden Floors, Wilson & MacIndoe

PLUMBER
Chris Wilson Plumbing

ELECTRICAL
Craig Scobie Electrical

PAINTER
PJS Painting Contractors

BUILDER
Ross Seward Builders

DESIGN DIRECTOR
Andrew Patterson

PROJECT ARCHITECT|
Andrew Mitchell

TEAM
Andrew Patterson, Andrew Mitchell, Luke Douglas, Grant Scurr

ENGINEER
CPG New Zealand

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Muriwai, New Zealand

CATEGORY
Houses

Parihoa
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Text description provided by architect.

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.

Parihoa
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Parihoa
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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.

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Parihoa
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Parihoa

A circulation courtyard from the rugged and harsh coastal environment. The resulting structure defends that same environment.

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.

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Parihoa
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Parihoa
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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.

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Patterson Associates Limited
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Patterson Associates Limited
22 Garfield Street, Parnell, Auckland 1052, New Zealand