Seascape Banks Peninsula comprises of the eroded remnants of two large composite Miocene shield volcanoes and this remote beachside cottage is set into an exposed rocky escarpment, on a tiny boulder strewn South Pacific cove on the volcano formations? northern side.

© Simon Devitt

Architects: Pattersons

Location: Banks Peninsula, Canterbury 7581, New Zealand

Area: 110.0 sqm

Project Year: 2013

Photographs: Simon Devitt

© Simon Devitt

Seascape Banks Peninsula comprises of the eroded remnants of two large composite Miocene shield volcanoes and this remote beachside cottage is set into an exposed rocky escarpment, on a tiny boulder strewn South Pacific cove on the volcano formations? northern side.
© Simon Devitt

The cottage is a shelter designed as a honeymoon retreat for paying guests and consists of three rooms; a lobby, a living/sleeping room and a bathroom.

Plan

Its plan and section uses an interlocking geometry to respond to two views, a three quarter outlook along the face of the cove and a far view aligning with a double rock arch called ?The Comb.? The Comb collapsed into a simple rock spire during the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

© Simon Devitt

?When designing in beautiful natural environments like these it helps to take the positive view that human ...