为了应对狭窄的场地，这个小的休闲场所的方向是为了捕捉最好的阳光和对怀卡托河和哈卡里马塔山脉的看法。房子的简单倾斜形式在更广阔的景观中具有适当的规模和存在感。
Responding to a narrow site this small retreat has been orientated to capture the best of the sun and views towards the Waikato River and Hakarimata ranges beyond. The simple skewed form of the house has an appropriate scale and presence within the wider landscape.
在到达时，游客被引领到一条小路，旁边是高大的雪松屏风，然后踏上Garapa木制甲板，随意地进入。捕捉这种非正式的感觉是创造一个内敛的家庭住宅的关键设计动力，它是一个简单而优雅的休闲场所。
On arrival visitors are led up a path alongside a careful language of tall cedar screens before stepping up onto the Garapa timber deck and casually entering. Capturing this sense of informality was a key design driver in creating a restrained family home that is a simple yet elegant place to retreat.
厨房是这个家的中心，塔斯马尼亚橡木地板贯穿整个计划，提供早晨和晚上的户外活动机会。起居空间向下延伸到一个充满光亮的空间，一直延伸到河边。一个夹层，上面有裸露的油漆辐射地板托梁和书柜栏杆，提供了一种家庭的感觉和封闭性。
The kitchen is the heart of the home with the Tasmanian oak flooring slicing through the plan providing both morning and evening outdoor opportunities. The living space steps down into a light filled volume reaching out to the river. A mezzanine pulls over above with exposed painted radiata floor joists and bookcase balustrade providing a sense of homeliness and enclosure.
房子的后部由无缝转轴门划定，集成在加蓬胶合板墙内。提供了撤回到卧室的通道。
The rear of the house is delineated by the seamless pivot door, integrating within the Gaboon plywood cabinetry wall. Providing access to withdraw into the bedrooms.
定制的雨幕细节增强了一个适度的钢结构房屋，让闪光灯和窗框隐藏在外面，同时在景观中创造了一个独特而引人注目的形式。囊括了巴赫类型的品质，空间的模糊和门槛的打破与表达的天然木材材料和构造细节相呼应。
Custom rainscreen detailing enhances a modest steel-clad home, allowing flashings and window frames to hide beyond whilst creating a distinct and compelling form in the landscape. Encapsulating the qualities of the Bach typology, the blurring of spaces and breaking down of thresholds corresponds with the expressed natural timber materials and tectonic detailing.
Architects: Edwards White Architects
Area : 99 m²
Year : 2017
Photographs :Simon Wilson
Manufacturers : AutoDesk, Plytech, Colousteel, Drydens Wood Oil, Trimble
Lead Architect : Daniel Smith
Engineering : BCD Group
Landscape : Edwards White Architects, Daniel Smith
Contractor : Mckay Construction
Collaborators : Merchant Industries
City : Taupiri
Country : New Zealand