Twin Peaks
By Hamish Shaw Architects
Twin Peaks is a semi-detached infill project for a compact (sub)urban site. The design responds to the contextual gable craftsman cottages of the street, within a restrictive planning envelope. The spatial arrangement maximises living across three floors, connecting all stories through an open central core and roof terrace. The general assembly is a highly sustainable panelised prefabrication method, based on CLT cassette floor wall and roof structure. The building is clad in with the Adodo thermally modified timber cladding system.
Type: New Multi-Unit Housing
Client: Private
Team: Hamish Shaw, Andrea Burgos, Aggy Jeon, Christine Knitel
Size: 450m²
Location: Christchurch
Status: Concept
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Hamish Shaw Architects is a contemporary, multi-disciplinary studio practicing in the fields of architecture, design and urbanism.
The studio was founded in 2014 by Hamish Shaw after 12 years collaborating with leading architects in New Zealand and Canada, on a number of award-winning projects, across civic, commercial, residential, infrastructural and urbanism sectors.
Our practice thrives on complex project briefs, with cultural, social, commercial and environmental imperatives, across urban and outstanding natural landscapes.
Completed projects include Te Manawa Atawhai – Catherine McAuley Centre, Tait Limited Interior fit-out and custom furniture, boutique accommodation for Wharekaretu, installation within the exhibition ‘Thinking About Building’ for Physics Room Gallery, master plans for three South Island primary and intermediate schools, and a number of mixed-use commercial/multi-residential concept feasibilities for the re-emerging city of Christchurch.
Current projects include a 20-hectare residential master plan in Christchurch, a boutique mixed-use development in Lyttelton, a pedestrian/cycle bridge in Auckland, a constructed landscape, and pavilions for an estate in Canterbury, and renovation of a historic house in Auckland.
The practice has recently earned national recognition for Te Manawa Atawhai – Catherine McAuley Centre. Receiving a 2018 NZIA Public Architecture Award for the Canterbury Region, shortlisting for the National NZIA Award of Public Architecture, and a finalist placing in the Interior Awards - Craftsmanship category.