Tents create guest bedrooms with panoramic views at Peggy Deamer's New Zealand retreat
The main living areas of this compact holiday home near New Zealand's Kaipara Harbour are arranged perpendicular to a platform that provides space for three tents used to accommodate guests.
Yale School of Architecture professor Peggy Deamer often works in nearby Auckland and wanted to build herself a simple and affordable rural retreat that was easily reachable from the city.
When cycling around the Kaiwaka area one weekend she came across an ideal plot and decided to develop a design informed by the common practice of New Zealanders visiting and camping at the summer houses of their friends.
"I have very little disposable income so this [house] needed to be as modest as possible," explained Deamer.
"I could only afford a 'shed' with one bedroom, but wanted to make sure that friends and family could visit. The solution was to build a platform that could hold three tents that would be the guest bedrooms." The main part of the house features a straightforward mono-pitched form influenced by a prefab property that Deamer almost decided to buy and install on the site.
"In the end, I designed my own house," the architect told Dezeen, "but the efficiency and appropriate quality of the one I almost bought stayed with me; the core side being on the uphill, windy side, with the open side facing the view."
The building's layout accommodates a dining area, living room and bedroom arranged in a row, with bathrooms, kitchen and storage aligne...
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