Beach House Design Down The Hillside Presenting Sweeping Views Out To Sea

A holiday house for primarily summer use with a boatshed /garage. The house will not be used as a permanent residence. Concept:This building is a continuation of our exploration in a genre of building that is specifically design for occupation in the summer months. In the design process we attempt to challenge the boundaries between the built form and nature to heighten the experience of immersion in nature. We challenge also the accepted levels of comfort and utility for the same reason. We attempt also to reference the nostalgia surrounding the “Kiwi bach” by manipulating scale, form, relationships, materiality and limitation of amenity. Response:Break the building into 2 primary components in order to reduce the scale and to allow the bach to follow the contour of the a single cut in the knoll and retain it with a gabion wall, this sets up a spine around which the components can be the functions by a full level to allow a panoramic view from the living level and t