Cheshire Architects

Fielding House

Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett

FIELDING HOUSE

Cheshire Architects

AREA
302 m²

YEAR
2017

MANUFACTURERS
APL NZ, Artisan, David Shaw, Design Source, ECC, Guyco, Island Stone, Jagas, Nuralite, Plumbline, Revit,Vienna Woods, Zane Pilkington

CATEGORY
Houses, House Interiors

PHOTOGRAPHS
Sam Hartnett

LOCATION
Mangawhai, New Zealand

LEAD ARCHITECT
Pip Cheshire

LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR
Eden Heath

CONSTRUCTION
Lindesay Construction

DESIGN TEAM
Stephen Rendell, Emily Priest, Ryan Fothergill, Pip Cheshire

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Boffa Miskell

Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett
Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett

Text description provided by architect.

The house is a glazed pavilion siting in the dunescape above a coastal golf links. 

Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett
Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett
Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett
Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett
Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett

The two planes of roof and main floor are joined by three timber clad conic forms that house fireplace, bathrooms and kitchen.

Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett
Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett
Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett

A partial lower floor is reached by lift and houses guest suite, garage, storage and plant room.

Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett
Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett

The glass pavilion is a familiar form in mid-century architecture and is here given some complexity as the cones break up the open expanse of the house.

Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett
Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett
Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett

They provide enclosure amid

The open pavilion and unexpected revelation of the house’s spaces and the views beyond as one moves between the gently inclined walls.

Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett
Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett

In a wide-open landscape, the presence of the tapered forms supporting the roof above slows the sitting space and induces a sense of calm repose from which to embrace the wide horizon.

Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett
Fielding House
© Sam Hartnett


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Site Plan
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Ground Floor Plan
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Firsth Floor Plan
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Section


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North Elevation
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South Elevation

Cheshire Architects
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Cheshire Architects
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