Futurist Architecture

The building of Tennis House is cooled and heated by a ground source heat pump. This pump uses the quarry pond water as a thermal mass. With this kind of system, the significant reductions in the use of fossil fuels can be provided and eliminate both gas and oil deliveries. The land around the house also frees from the kind of heavy vehicular traffic.

The architect uses Balau wood planks owned by the owner to cover the material. Some planks have some defects like uneven colors, marks from saws, gnarls, and cracks but the architect sees them as a real wood natural charm. The final construction delivers a “space” completed with the warm color of the wood and also a sky cool tone.

RTA Studio chooses some materials to reference the vernacular materials used in the house area. The living pavilion and garage look like he historic miner’s cottages, clad in the local schists. There are two-bedroom pavilions with weathering steel layer that references the gold mining remnants and rusted steel sheds.

The zinc roofs are painted in red while the wood materials are used to design the most parts of the bach, including the wall, the floor, and furniture. Some dark green tiles are applied on the bathroom shower wall and behind the small white sink. In the kitchen, a combination of wood and brick can create a traditional and rural atmosphere into the interior.

Dominated by wood materials for the walls, doors, and floors, the rooms inside this house are warm and also comfortable. The living room, dining area, and kitchen are placed in one big area inside the house. The dining area and kitchen are facing each other while the living room is located next to them. The interesting part of the interior comes from the black accents of the kitchen tile, dining chairs, stools, cabinet, TV stand, and also the mini fireplace.

Some materials for this project are chosen from the similarly appropriate pallet like local stone, corrugated iron, and timber cladding. Those materials are combined to create a good balance between the home and nature around it. The pallet dominates most of the wall parts of this home, combined with glass windows and doors.

The interior design in each room of this house can remind a comfortable living in a wooden house surrounded by a natural landscape of a village. In the dining area, a fireplace with an old-style is placed in front of the wooden dining table and chairs. And when the glass door opens, fresh air and warm natural light enters the dining space easily.

This project is built and designed to accommodate the vintner’s family and also provide them a building with a cellar door and cafe. The design comes in one singular form to create a linear progression of spaces. For this project, the architect gots NZIA Architecture Awards – Commercial in 2012 and NZIA Canterbury Architecture Awards – Commercial in 2013.

With a tilted stone base, a ‘new landscape’ can be designed in Wanaka House. This ‘new landscape’ is created by placing a glass and timber pavilion to provide the majority of living and sleeping functions for the client. It turns this house into a unique and also perfect place both to enjoy the view and having a peace of life.

The landscape of C3 House is a natural open area with a lot of long yellow grass. The residence stands on a small hill that facing a forest with mountains in the distance. With the design, plan, elements, materials, and this supporting landscape, the residence can be used as a perfect place to refresh body and mind far from the busy city.