Designers cover all bases
From co-operative housing to contemporary city homes and alpine holiday homes, this year’s winners in the 2021 Canterbury/Westland ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards have all bases covered.
Craig South, of South Architects, was singled out for winning four awards, including the award for Regional Residential New Home over
300 square metres with a Cashmere home titled Folded Roof Home.
With the challenge of a narrow street facade, this home uses its folded roof form to guide visitors up through the interior spaces towards the amazing views of the Southern Alps. The family home, across two levels, responds creatively to the challenge of the beautiful location.
South’s Peterborough Housing Cooperative in Christchurch’s central city won the Regional Multi-Unit Dwelling Award sponsored by MiTek. Based on co-housing philosophies from Europe and the United States, where community space is maximised, the Peterborough Housing Co-operative comprises 14 residential units alongside a large common house and shared utility spaces.
In addition, South was awarded the Regional Commercial/Industrial Award for his design of Halswell Quarry Preschool, a learning centre with a strong connection to nature, as well as a Commended Award in the Residential New Home between
150sqm and 300sqm category for his work on the alpine holiday home in Castle Hill.
Ben Brady, of Linetype Architectural, won two awards for two Canterbury projects. He won the Regional Residential New Home between 150sqm and 300sqm Award for an Opawa project, located in a flood management area, called Swamp Dwelling, and a Commended Award in the Residential Alterations and Additions Category for a Sumner home called Tipping Point.
Swamp Dwelling was designed for a site directly opposite a river in a flood management area.
The retired owners, who were relocating from a lifestyle block, sought to downscale maintenance commitments while also building a house tailored to their specific needs.
They wanted easy accessibility, good building performance, an art studio, a motorcycle workshop, a bedroom and a guest suite, plus good outdoor living.
Challenges with the site included a required floor level of 1.4 metres above ground, tough rules on earthworks and filling, a narrow lot, and a generous road setback to keep from the river.
Mitchell Coll, of Coll Architecture, won two awards for his project Cox Street in Merivale. He was awarded the Regional Residential Interiors Award and a Highly Commended Award in the Residential New Home over 300sqm category. Designed as a family home in one of Christchurch’s more established neighbourhoods, Cox Street wraps around a centrally located reflection pond.
Mitchell Coll also won the Regional Commercial Interior Award and the Resene Colour in Design Award for his work alongside Pippin Wright-Stow, of
F3 Design, on an unconventional office space in the central city. A relaxed co-working creative space, the office caters to a variety of working styles to cultivate a rich atmosphere of ingenuity and resourcefulness.