WANAKA CRIB
Pac Studio
ARCHITECTS
Pac Studio
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Aaron Paterson & Steven Lloyd
LANDSCAPE
Pac Studio
MANUFACTURERS
Autodesk, Sika, Alape, Brodware, Rinnai, Velux Group, Diamond, Ecoply,
Eurotech, F.l. Bone, Google, Rosenfeld Kidson, Thermakraft
YEAR
2019
LOCATION
Wanaka, New Zealand
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
In a wood-lined field, near Wanaka’s lake edge, the Wanaka Crib is composed of two gables and a chisel roof slipping transcurrently past one another to make three enclosed courtyards.
Each courtyard creates a specific relationship with the interior. The lounge and dining spill out to a north-facing entertainment patio, bounded by an angular concrete cooking fire. The kitchen connects to a sheltered southern working garden, enclosed by a grape bearing espalier frame made of reinforcing steel.
The eastern terrace gives access to the self-contained bunkroom providing privacy from the public reserve and boulevard of trees.
The crib is a place to relax and focus on the social side of food, where cooking and dining become a culinary performance connected to the landscape.
At 150-m2, the crib has the intimacy of a small house, but can comfortably sleep ten people, with two double bedrooms, an attic loft for two, and a bunk room with four beds.
The detailing exaggerates and abstracts southern green roof sheds to create the look of an ad hoc settlement. Façade elements accent the composition - a mustard reading nook box, concealed venting openings, triangulated high-level windows, and corrugated steel wall with floating entry boardwalk.
The graduated weatherboards and razor-thin roof edge detail make a striking profile. The interior is lined with a combination of southern beech, recycled kauri, rimu, plywood and terrazzo. Dark concrete floors merge with local stone paving dissolving to the grassy surrounds.
