‘Ole tagata ma lona aiga, o le tagata ma lona fa’asinomaga.’
‘Every person belongs to a family, and every family belongs to a person’
Our neighbors in Mangere have four generations across a two bedroom dilapidated uninsulated house and a skyline shed, and all we hear is nothing but prayer, laughter and singing from them.
It is not so common among white families in New Zealand. Most elect to give Rymans health care obscene amounts of money instead.
Arranged on a stringent east - west axis, with the grand parents in the west and toddlers in the east for obvious reasons.
An interior of sumptuous kauri and colour, warmth and laughter, these homes resonate with its occupants and simply enjoy the suns movement across the sky.
It’s a long run of sensuous Samoa in semi rural Christchurch.
Awards
NZIA Canterbury Architecture Award 2022 - Housing - Multi Unit
Resene Colour Award 2022
Interior Awards 2022 - Finalist - Multi Unit
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.