Greytown House 2008
By Parsonson Architects
After retiring from life on a farm our clients requested a new house for a lifestyle block on the outskirts of Greytown. The house was conceived as two sheds running parallel to each other and relating directly to the standard building company storage / work sheds. The house sheds are eroded and broken down and appear like spaces created through the ground surface being pushed up.
Lines of the landscape carry through these spaces from east to west. These lines are emphasized with the decking extending through to the flooring in the intermediate spaces along with hanging pergolas. The horizontal planes of the Wairarapa are further emphasized with the hanging pergolas and terracing creating strong horizontal lines in the large landscape. A dark Corrugated iron was chosen for wall and roof surfaces to relate to the storage / work sheds and provide a direct reference to typical NZ rural buildings.
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- NZIA Local Award 2010
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Parsonson Architects was established in 1987 and is based in Wellington, New Zealand. The practice has focused primarily on individual houses and aims to produce work with a high level of sensitivity and discipline, engaging the spirit of each owner and site. More recently projects have included apartment buildings, retail fit outs in North America and Europe and competition entries across a variety of building types and project scales.
The practice is recognised as consistently delivering work of excellence, represented by the major awards and regular features in both local and international architecture and design publications.
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