‘Integrating Bach’ - Bach with two Roofs, NZ

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Inspired by the natural landscape around, New Zealand-based Irving Smith architects have pioneered in creating a holiday home in timber and steel and won the local award ‘Residential Architecture’ in 2008.

‘Bach’ is defined as a modest holiday home. Imagination of Bach within beautiful landscape near Golden Bay is a creative imaginative perception for the people travelling near the area. Irving Smith Architects have created a beautiful stretched house to complement the verticality of the surrounds and maintaining the natural landscape intact.

The New Zealand based architects have worked in integrating landscape and the ambience of surroundings within the holiday home for the client. The requirements constitutes of creating areas specially designed for family, children and friends. Thus, architects created two building blocks, one constituting of family areas, and the other one for children and friends. Because of landscape around and scenic golden bay on the edge, designer has left no stone unturned to bring in these natural features within the house and creating a structure which blends in within the tall eucalyptus trees. The architects have produced a simple and pure architectural form because of client’s need of an efficient and easily maintained structure with the use of timber and steel.

Visual and physical connection within the two blocks is naturally done by providing a deck in between the two spaces, which is also used as an activity area. The decks are as simple as a deck can be, constructed in timber. Even though the structure enjoys a pleasant view of sea, the building is carved within the forest beautifully so as to achieve privacy within, in open as well the exposed areas.

Internal spaces are designed contemporarily as per the need and requirements with fully glazed windows to provide excellent views and blending nature within by using timber and dark ply wall.

Because of the surrounding conditions, and fear of falling of branches off the trees, the concept of double roof evolved. There is a well thought kept in mind while designing the external skin and the roof, which has integrated steel work within. The steelwork and the double roof protect the spaces within the Bach. Sustainability is another aspect of the Bach because of the use of rain water collection, and reusing the water for numerous functions.

The built form can easily be described as modestly constructed Bach which is a combination of logically used materials like timber and steel and blend of technologies with an effort of sustainability within and well integrated within the natural landscape of the surroundings.

Text Compilation: Rati Singh

Photographs: courtesy the architects

Architect website: http://www.isjarchitects.co.nz/