Project Type: Residential
Awards: 2023 HOME Interior of the Year Finalist
Location: Mangawhai Heads, New Zealand
Style: Japandi (Japanese + Scandinavian)
Designed as a prefabricated modular structure, this perfectly understated bach seamlessly integrates cuboid forms with Japanese influences.
This modular treehouse has been created using the macrocarpa trees that were originally grown on the site. The proposed internal layering of light coloured woods create spaces that have a sense of lightness and warmth.
The bathrooms in particular have been inspired by Japanese onsens, reflective of the owner’s time spent living in Osaka, Japan. Operable screens on the exterior of the home allow the bathrooms to be completely open to the rural landscape or closed with light pouring down through the full size skylight above the shower space. The toilet is shielded from view so that the full sized opening of louvred windows can be open all day. The space is kept fairly minimal except a warm rose coloured pendant light by Monmouth Glass Studios.
Photographs no. 4 - 9 have been taken by by Simon Wilson. All other photographs have been taken by Jo Aitken.
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