Local studio DCA Architects of Transformation has wrapped a translucent skin of corrugated polycarbonate panels around this holiday lodge in New Zealand.
Located in South Waikato overlooking Lake Whakamaru, the home was designed for the studio's director Daryl Church, which led to its name of The Chodge ? a portmanteau of Church and lodge.
DCA Architects of Transformation has covered a New Zealand home in corrugated polycarbonate panels
The structure was created for Church and his family on a site they have used for camping for over a decade as a more permanent holiday home, which would allow them to "live across the threshold of indoors and outdoors".
"The design is an exploration of the interstitial space between inside and outside, how you live when on holiday, the relationship with landscape and connection to a rural vernacular," Church told Dezeen. "We set out to explore the potential liveability of this interstitial space." The holiday lodge's bedrooms and bathrooms are fully enclosed by the central timber walls
This concept informed a layout described by the studio as "a house within a house", with more intimate, timber-lined spaces sitting at the centre of an interstitial shell wrapped by panels of translucent polycarbonate.
Private spaces like the bedrooms and bathrooms were fully enclosed by the central timber walls, while the living, dining and kitchen area is more open to the outer layer, spilling into an open space that w...