National architecture winners
The 2024 ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards recognised two Canterbury projects amongst the winners, identifying the best of the best architectural design in New Zealand.
A Fendalton residence by Sam Connell of Figure & Ground, featured in the 12 December issue of Metropol, won the award for the best New Home over 300m2, while an off the grid house in Ohoka was also recognised among the nation’s best.
The supreme award went to a holiday home labeled ‘Chodge’ in Waipamu Station in South Waikato. Described as a house within a house, ‘Chodge’ explores the concept of interstitial space, considering how you live when on holiday, the relationship with the landscape and the connection to a rural vernacular. A woolshed vernacular informs the ‘Chodge’ exterior form, while a translucent skin on the interior of the outer structure controls the heat gain and heat loss. The primary aim of the outer shell was to create a light emitting interior during the day, and a reverse effect at night with the form taking on a glow from interior lighting. Inside this outer shell is an extruded wooden container, designed with Passive Haus principles, cave like in stark contrast to the outside structure environment.
Judges described the holiday home as remarkable and a beacon in the landscape, also deeming it best New Home between 150m2 and 300m2, worthy of a national award for home interiors.
In total, 10 designers, located across the country, won awards:
Darryl Church, DCA Architects of Transformation
Werner Naudé, DCA Architects of Transformation
Dian Tang, X Studio Architects
Steven Chambers, Stufkens+Chambers Architects
James Mackie, Mackit Architecture
Jon McAlpine, TGA Ltd
Greg Young, Young Architects
Carolin Friese, CF Architecture
Sam Connell, Figure & Ground
Darren O’Neil, O’Neil + Architecture
