By Fisher Partners
Hahei House is a holiday home overlooking the Coromandel panorama of Hahei Beach and its adjacent islands. This modest proposition needed to provide a young family with a peaceful retreat from their busy lifestyle.
The environment created and language of materials was to be simplistic to provide an architecture which did not compete with the natural surrounds and dramatic vista. The dwelling required spaces for entertaining and to accommodate changing weather. It was also a requirement to be able to easily secure the property on leaving.
The solution was to provide an architecture which frames and encompasses the view while providing a dwelling that shelters and contains its occupants. The notion of occupying a cantilevered platform within the view while being anchored to the land to the rear provides a connection of architecture and landscape. The form and spaces created between elegantly provide an environment for entertaining guests and enjoying the tranquillity of the surrounds.
Contractor: Geoff Hick Builders
Photographer: Simon Devitt
Award: NZIA Local Architecture Award 2005
Fisher Partners is a boutique architecture studio based in Auckland, New Zealand. We are recognised for creative excellence and focused on delivering long lasting client relationships, with many of our clients completing multiple projects with us. Our work spans across master planning, architecture and interior design and we are a New Zealand Institute of Architects registered practice.
Fisher Partners has received New Zealand and international awards, including the NZ Institute of Architects awards, the NZ Best Awards, the Asia Pacific Design Awards and the International Union of Architects awards.