For a brand new home set amongst a mature chestnut orchard close to Queenstown, New Zealand, Auckland-based agency Fearon Hay and inside designer Katie Lockhart approached the venture as each a household residence and a administrative center. Designed for a pair with three grownup kids residing overseas, the main target was on the lengthy view: constructing a versatile, multi-generational household residence and ceramicist retreat to accommodate returning kids and company. The brand new construct is conceived as a sequence of agricultural volumes organized round a central courtyard that opens towards the encircling mountains. Clad in zinc and corrugated steel to guard from harsh seasonal shifts, the inside is outlined by oak joinery, limestone flooring, and plaster finishes—an structure drawn instantly from rural shed typologies, the utilitarian buildings of Central Otago in New Zealand, with a up to date method.
Katie Lockhart joined the venture because the construct was underway, focusing totally on furnishings and gentle components to enhance the architectural framework. Working with a shopper who’s each a ceramicist and collector, she developed an interiors palette that feels eclectic however thought of—customized items alongside classic finds, and a continuity of supplies. The result’s a contemporary compound designed to flex with the seasons of life, pared again for every day use and inventive observe, however expandable to accommodate a full home.
Pictures by David Straight for Katie Lockhart Studio.
