By Bull O'Sullivan Architecture
Many people in NZ heard the volcano in Tonga erupt on the 14th of January this year.
I didn't.
When Banks peninsula went it must have rattled the whole world. We are now eternally grateful for the magnificent landscape.
This home is a sculptural play on that ‘cause and effect’.
Shrouded at the perimeter in a porous concrete masonry wall that is a nod to Mayan living.
Three bedrooms, two garages and a place to watch movies in the dark.
The Maya were keen astronomers and had mapped out the phases of celestial objects, especially the sun, mars, venus and the moon. Many Mayan temples had doorways and other features aligning to such celestial events.
In this home, roof Incisions above strategic parts of the home are used to work day and night to support such celestial joys. Mars and Elon Musk are big here.
Date
2020
Awards
NZIA Canterbury Architecture Award 2022 - Housing
The BOS Practice is driven by the pursuit of quality - a belief that our surroundings directly influence the quality of our lives, whether in the workplace, at home or the public spaces and structures in between. It is not just buildings but urban design that affects our wellbeing. We are concerned with the physical context of a project, sensitive to the culture and climate of their place. We have applied the same priorities from housing to education to furniture.
The BOS philosophy and values that inspire every project are the same regardless of scale or size. This explains why no detail is too small in its importance for the BOS Practice and why the same amount of care and attention will be lavished on the design of a door handle, a tap, or a piece of furniture.
These, after all, are the elements of the environment that we physically touch every day of our lies. The BOS Practice believes the quality of a project is not necessarily related to how much it costs, but rather how wisely the resources of time and money are spent. The setting of standards is more about an attitude of mind in defining goals and honouring commitments. In that sense the most important things have not changed - in particular the philosophy of quality and optimism at the most personal of levels.