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Ben Hudson Architects
Otago
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Peninsula House occupies a tricky site on a rocky outcrop overlooking Lake Wakatipu. This lakeside retreat is a modest, compact home that has a relaxed connection to its environment.
To reflect the owners’ pragmatic style of living and call for a no fuss, no frills practical house, the home has been designed simply and efficiently, without fuss or excess.
The clean, folded geometry of the roofline informs a hierarchy of spaces within and also extends beyond the building envelope to create porch enclosures that frame various views of the lake and mountains.
Careful attention has been paid to proportion and roof pitch so that the whole reads as a simple, uncluttered architectural form that is in keeping with its surroundings.
The clients wanted the landscape to be the hero and were keen to use cedar. The vertical shiplap cladding lends itself to the geometric house forms.
The overriding philosophy was to deliver a design that was ‘naturally belonging’; to create a building that grows from the landscape and complements the site.
Part of the design stipulations for the subdivision included ensuring the roofing, cladding and glazing did not exceed specific light reflectance values.
Windows and doors have been recessed into the facade and have been carefully articulated to be proportionate with the elevations.
The site, which is rocky and sloping, largely informed the footprint and size of the house resulting in a compact design incorporating living areas to the north and service areas to the south.
The monopitch roofline mimics the slope of the surrounding topography serving to bed the structure into the landscape while the use of cedar cladding matches the tones of the rocks and grasses.

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