The Barn by Good_Space

ArchiPro Project Summary - The Barn is a biophilic villa conversion in Ponsonby, NZ, designed by John Irving and Jade, featuring natural and reclaimed materials, smart home technology, and enhanced acoustics for a serene living environment.

Title:: The Barn
Interior Designer:: Good_Space
Category:: Residential/; New Builds

THE BARN / PONSONBY, NZ

PROJECT: A personal project for the founder of Good_Space + her family. The Barn was designed by John Irving alongside Jade, creating a calm, light-filled + open space that used natural + reclaimed materials. It’s where the passion for Wellness Architecture originated, a biophilic designed villa conversion that seamlessly blended the old + the new. A smart home Fibaro system was installed to control both the natural + artificial lighting elements, optimising shade through roller blinds + louvers. Creating a comfortable + glare-free environment. This, along with a focus on acoustics saw the internally generated noise buffered via a tongue + groove texture of the ceiling. Given the location, street noise was further mitigated via the installation of double glazed windows + sound proof insulation at the front of the home.

TEAM: Studio John Irving Architects / 505 Construction

STATUS: Completed 1.05.15

FEATURED: Urbis / Your Home & Garden / Inside Out Magazine

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Good_Space. Good_Space is a Wellness Interior Design studio. Environmental + human health are intrinsically linked. Discover how you can go beyond the surface aesthetics, to design your commercial or residential project; that’s better for you and the planet. How exactly? With a focus on 6 core elements of the built environment, backed by science + led by design; to profoundly impact human + environmental health: _AIR_WATER_LIGHT_BIOPHILIA_SOUND_CIRCULAR Wellness Architecture Our relationship with space is intimate. From the air we share, to the sounds we hear – we’re more connected than we realise, given we spend 21 hours per day inside - almost 90% of our time. It affects us more than we realise. The impacts of how we spend our time are showing up in our mental, physical and emotional health. It’s not just about keeping a healthy diet or exercise regime, it’s the big stuff that’s really impacting us; it’s where we spend our time. Our disconnect from the natural world means that we’re also increasingly distracted from protecting our most precious resources, our environment that sustains us. There’s a reason that the Wellness Architecture trend is on a steep trajectory, the impacts continue to be measured and it provides a framework to design + build better. Through substantiated research, exciting new materials, innovative technology and rigorous building standards, Wellness Architecture is here. Not only that, it’s been coined as one of the most meaningful future wellness trends of 2019.