Wanaka House
By RTA Studio
240 sqm / Southern Lakes
This house is located in an ecological and environmentally sustainable subdivision on an unpopulated edge of Lake Wanaka. The land is zoned 'outstanding landscape' requiring the most onerous application of the Resource Management Act. The house is carefully nestled into a site on the edge of a hillside and within highly protected native vegetation.
The client required the highest standards of mitigating operational energy use within the house.
The house is benched into the schist rock geology of the sloping site. We have sought to create a tilted stone base that 'drives' ouf of the ground in a way reminiscent of the local Central Otago landscape. This establishes 'new landscape' upon which we have placed a glass and timber pavillion, which houses the majority of living and sleeping functions.
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RTA Studio has received more than 60 New Zealand and international awards, including Home of The Year, a World Architecture Festival category win and the New Zealand Architecture Medal.
Richard Naish founded RTA Studio in 1999 after a successful career with top practices in London and Auckland. We are a practice that focuses on delivering exceptional design with a considered and personal service. Our work aims to make a lasting contribution to the urban and natural context by challenging, provoking and delighting.
Our studio is constantly working within the realms of public, commercial and urban design as well as sensitive residential projects. We are committed to a sustainable built environment and are at the forefront developing carbon neutral buildings.
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