Ramahana Rd House by Fernandes Architects

ArchiPro Project Summary - A thoughtfully designed trio of buildings in Huntsbury, Christchurch, featuring a main 2-bedroom house, a small home office, and a unique sleepout, all optimized for energy efficiency and stunning views of the city and Alps.

Title:: Ramahana Rd House
Architect:: Fernandes Architects
Category:: Residential/; New Builds
Photographers:: Richard Ternik

Gently sloped site in Huntsbury Christchurch on TC2 land with great views over the city and the alps is the location for these 3 small buildings. Small home office to the east, main 2 bedroom house placed in the centre and a sleepout on the west/street front. The buildings are nested on the existing and proposed vegetation, all wide open to the northeastern aspect and with reduced opening to the south for cross ventilation. High insulated energy efficient buildings have this bath/mountain hut feel with plenty of exposed timber with joinery elements on primary colours. Sleepout footprint on the first floor is half mezzanine and half trampoline which makes a unique lounge area.

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Huntsbury, Christchurch, Canterbury

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Fernandes Architects. Fernandes Architects' focus is to respond to clients’ demands with technically efficient solutions that meet the budget and exceed expectations. FABRICIO FERREIRA FERNANDES Born in 1979 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Fabricio graduated as an Architect and Urban Planner at Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC Campinas) in 2002. Left Brazil in 2003 and traveled to New Zealand where he has mainly lived ever since. During 2009 -2010 took residence in Italy where he worked for Studio A0 and graduated with a Master´s Degree in Art and Architect of the Landscape at Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano). In New Zealand, Fabricio has worked for GDM consultants (structural engineering consultants) AP Design and Christchurch renown architecture offices such as Steiphen Fitzgerald and Wilson and Hill architects. With relevant experience in carpentry, Fabricio has collaborated with Italian based Abitalbero – (tree hanging structures specialists) – and has an ongoing working relationship with Norwegian based Scandinavian studio Rintala Eggertsson architects, well known for their site specific art/architecture work around the planet. Besides Fernandes Architects, Fabricio is a guest design tutor at Ara Polytechnical Institute of Canterbury's Bachelor of Architectural Studies course.