Futurist Architecture

The whole front area of the villa uses a flexible brise-soleil system that ables to open wide and close. This system is also able to adjust the light that comes into the house and keep its security. With this awesome system, the house can be open-minded or closed with its outside area.

On the ground floor, the spaces are interconnected to each other and the garden and pool, visually and physically. More private rooms and bedrooms are lifted with the ground floor freed up. Those rooms are lifted above the “ground” to the second storey amongst the thin-slanted columns and the treetops supported by planes that merge with the surrounding landscape.

The inside and outside areas are mediated by the boundary walls. There is also a row of bamboo behind the glass wall for screening, acting as a foreground for the floating golden mesh and serving as a backdrop of the living space for the people sitting.

The furniture, floor, and ceiling of this small house are dominated by wood materials. Natural impression also comes from the white accents from the wall and the bed. In summer, the sliding door can let the warm sunlight to come to the living area. The neat detail can be seen from the book arrangement and accessories on the wooden rack.

The composed interiors of Kanuka Valley House can create a continuously unfolding world of frames and niches, as well as graceful living spaces. The materials are elevated, whether rammed earth, cedar, strand board, or bamboo. With some lighting arrangements, the interiors are not only warm but also offering a romantic and calm feeling for everyone who enters the house.

The design inspiration for this house comes from the traditional Japanese spaces. In order to fit the need of the house, this inspiration is also adapted to the modern New Zealand context. The combination of the context and inspiration can create a unique form on the structure and the interior of the house. Dominated by wooden materials, this house offers a warm atmosphere inside.

Inspired by contemporary Scandinavian villas, this house can have extreme formal lines to create a strong character. The vertical red cedar laths, horizontal white wood, and materials are some elements that can unify this awesome project and help integrate it into the stunning site.

The interplay of double volumes, sculptured gardens, and curved ceiling are used to create spatial variation. The design process includes a volumetric reduction of the nine-by-nine cube, providing cross ventilation and also minimize the building massing impact with a respect to the dwelling units which are adjacent to each other.

Screen House is sited between a contemporary building and an existing bungalow. The design and construction of this house aim to recede from the engage and the bungalow. While the elliptical object of the house is connected through a bridge and a longitudinal block. From a distance, it looks like a stacked house.

For naturally ventilated spaces, the extensive roof overhangs with much shade and shelter that can be enjoyed in the seasonal heavy rain downpours. The roof form exploration goes further with the roof separation from a roof. It is a roof split to achieve a play of shadows and light into the house’s interior space.

Hillside House has a unique architectural expression on its roofs. The two diagonally folded pitched roofs floating above the house hove mass and they take a flight with a lightness air. In the evening, the golden teak color of the roof underside seamlessly blends with the rich color of the sun.