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Tawharanui House / RTA Studio + Richard Naish

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Fifty years ago a small enclave of Lockwoods [New Zealand designed all-timber brand of kit-set houses] were built on these beach front sites by our client’s parents and their friends. As the next generation has married and had children their old Lockwood became too small. In the spirit of the location and the scale of the Lockwood, we created - in its footprint - a new building and mirrored it under a common roof to accommodate the two families. A third sleep-out building was located to complete the new arrangement of three buildings enclosing a variety of outdoor living spaces that can be used either privately by each family or communally as an extended family.

AUT Lecture Theatres / RTA Studio + Richard Naish

Daniel Sánchez — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The brief called for two lecture theatres, one larger (300) than the other (150), together with a larger multifunctional foyer/exhibition/function space. This lead to the conception of 2 respectively contrasting metaphysical conditions to generate architectural form: Landform and Sky.

Farmhouse / RTA Studio

Daniel Sánchez — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The house is located on a promontory on a Waikato farm overlooking vast limestone bluffs and rolling pasture. The house was commissioned by a young Auckland family with a desire to create a rural retreat to escape the city with immediate and extended family and/or friends. Drawing from the rural vernacular, a collection of forms was conceived to engage the local environment.