Patterson Associates Limited

Fendalton House

Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett

FENDALTON HOUSE

Patterson Associates

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Christchurch, New Zealand

AREA
330 m²

YEAR
2016

PHOTOGRAPHS
Sam Hartnett

MANUFACTURERS
Enzie, APL windows, Heritage Profile Cladding, Living Flame, Vestner Lifts

BUILDERS
SMBC, SMBC, Sam Manson

STRUCTURE ENGINEERS
Lewis Bradford & Associates

PROJECT ASSISATANT
Daniel Zhu

PROJECT DIRECTOR
Andrew Mitchell

DIRECTOR
Andrew Patterson

PRIZES
NZIA Local Canterbury Architecture Award Winner, Housing: 2017/ NZIA Local Resene Colour Award Winner, Housing: 2017

Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett
Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett

Text description provided by architect.

The Fendalton Road project explores the love and memory a retired couple have of a home and site they have occupied for over thirty years.

Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett
Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett

A two-level 1910 home was destroyed in the devastating 2011 Christchurch earthquake and subsequently demolished. A new home was required within the footprint of the original.

Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett
Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett

An existing formal garden adorned the level site and was to remain untouched for the new home. The owners’ established connections to the site and space were at the forefront of this project.

Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett
Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett

The new home, with its white, triple-gabled roof, looks to honour the memory of the spatial relationships of the original home. The design was required to enhance and celebrate these conditions. 

For the owners, the space is reminiscent of the historic home but revived by a bold contemporary reinterpretation.

Fendalton House
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Fendalton House
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The entry hallway is a central hub to the home – enhanced and widened with a ceiling higher than eight metres – it now provides a versatile space for entertaining.

The house functions as an airy gallery-like space for the owner’s art collection, and antique furniture – all from their original home.

Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett
Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett
Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett

The ground floor spaces are connected through an open circulation but can be manipulated into smaller, more intimate areas by closing large pocket sliding doors, curtains and retractable windows.

The programme places the ground floor living areas and kitchen in their original locations but seeks to highlight the existing garden by reordering the spaces to provide a stronger connection to the landscape.

This association, which was once limited by traditional window openings is strengthened with full height openings that provide site lines to the front and back garden throughout the house.

Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett
Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett
Fendalton House
© Sam Hartnett

A sculptural spiral staircase connects the two wings, and the home is future-proofed with the inclusion of a passenger lift, serving four bedrooms and two bathrooms on the upper floor.


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Patterson Associates Limited
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Patterson Associates Limited
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