2022-02-01 HOME Magazine NZ

In the main Opposite In the dark-toned
bedroom, which main suite, a secret doorway
also faces the disguised in the oak-battened
lake, there’s a wall leads to a walk-in wardrobe;
custom-designed Bocci 28.1 pendants, from ECC,
daybed complete are floating orbs of light
with storage
underneath Left The lakeside dining zone,
beneath a louvred roof, can be
accessed directly from the main
bedroom

Below A daybed in the main
bedroom is a place away from
the body of the home where the
owners can relax or work when
other family members are in
residence

HOMEMAGAZINE.NZ 149

150

Those materials and products included the beautiful Grigio Mare
quartzite that forms the all-in-one vanity in the main bathroom. Crafting
the stone veneer to wrap seamlessly over and into the basins and
around the drawers was an exquisite test of skill but the result is robust
and elegant.

In the guest wing, with its views of the internal garden, Yvette opted
for a fresher, brighter colour palette more suited to younger members
of the family. A textural wallpaper with a blue undertone and, in the
powder room, rippled wall tiles connect back to the lake — a welcome
watery constant in this environment.

On the covered deck that stretches the length of the pavilion, there
are places to play on land once a day of water sports is over. Iroko
decking — a continuation of the flooring inside — gives way to a sloping
lawn. Across the water, there are no dwellings to interrupt the tree
canopy. It could be the middle of nowhere.

The owners may settle into the outdoor sofas, or around the fire,
or gather by the barbecue while frying up the fish of the day — brown
trout or, occasionally, a rainbow. Here, on the water’s edge, they’ve
found their pot of gold.

Opposite Covered outdoor
living is well used with a Knoll
1966 dining table and armchairs,
from Studio Italia

Above In the sheltered entry
courtyard embraced by iroko
decking, landscape designer
Paul Hammond from Terra Firm
Landscape has placed cement
Akara pots and filled them with
weeping maples – a low-care
option that ties in with the faintly
Japanese aesthetic of this
holiday retreat

Right Garaging roomy enough
to house both boats and vehicles
was an important part of the
brief

HOMEMAGAZINE.NZ 151

Lake Rotoiti House

Bay of Plenty
Yvette Jay Interior Design and DCA Architects




  
 
 

 

 
 



 Garage 
 Bedroom
 Ha
 Bathroom
 WC
 Utiities
 Deck
 En suite
 Wardrobe
 Dining
 Kitchen
 Scuery
 Master Bedroom
 Lounge

152

New Zealand’s Ultimate Polo Experience

BMW NZ Polo Open

2oth February 2022

Clevedon, Auckland

nzpoloopen.com

Of brick and soul

Ockham Residential’s Mark Todd speaks to HOME’s editor,
Clare Chapman, about Ponsonby’s latest residential development

— a glistening landmark building due for completion next year.

At a factory 20kms inland from Venice, after searching for almost four years, Mark Todd found the
perfect glazed brick. It changes colour all day, every day. Under the morning sun, it’s a gleaming
emerald green, like a summer walk to Karekare Falls. As the day unfolds, it’s forest green, then

dark olive, then almost black — the colour of a midwinter slog through Great Barrier’s bush.
There are glimmers of Whatipū greys, and fleeting moments of Waiheke navy and indigo.

Soon, 150,000 of these iridescent green-glazed bricks will adorn a new landmark
building in Tāmaki Makaurau, known, appropriately, as The Greenhouse.

For Mark, the man behind this development, the quest to deliver the 101-apartment
building just off Ponsonby Road was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a chance
to bring the people of Auckland Ockham Residential’s best work yet — a building
with soul and of unwavering beauty underpinned by considered design.

It’s a place that’s meant to “belong, but not in an arbitrary way … it’s our ambition to build
one of Auckland’s most beloved buildings,” Mark explains. “We strive to make thoughtful,
distinctively residential buildings that are as beautiful as the landscapes they sit within.”

Inside, the material palette is as well considered as the exterior; it references nature and seeks
to bring it indoors. Stone kitchen benchtops meet timber floors and cabinetry, while dark-green
bathroom tiling and fittings are classic and peaceful — showers at The Greenhouse evoke the
mood of waterfalls deep in the bush. The colours and textures throughout draw inspiration from the
landscapes of Aotearoa — the weight of stone, the tactility of wood, the enduring strength of brick.

“I think buildings like this are important for Auckland’s identity," Mark continues. "People
are proud of landmark buildings in their cities. I love it when you go to a new city and it’s
got a great skyline — that’s one of the reasons people travel. They go to see buildings

and the collective effects they have on atmosphere, energy, and identity.

"It comes back to character. The Greenhouse will convey identity to its neighbourhood
and city; inside, it will become known as an excellent place to live, covetable for
its amenity, location, and character. It’s a building that will age gracefully.”

The development of The Greenhouse has been somewhat of a personal, and slightly obsessive,
journey for Mark to ensure every detail was perfect — most notably, of course, that signature
brick. Visitors to Ockham Residential’s HQ rarely escape without Mark, brick sample board
under his arm, press-ganging them outside to see how the green glaze changes colour in the
light. There’s a beauty in the brick, and in the endearing enthusiasm of the man who found it.

The Greenhouse is due for completion in mid-2023.
Website: thegreenhouse.apartments

154

HOMEMAGAZINE.NZ 155

Architects at Home:
Revisiting the bomber

On the tenth anniversary of the completion of the Dogbox, the
Whanganui design and build project that cemented Patchwork
Architecture’s place in the local scene, we revisit another of the
company’s projects: the home of Home of the Year 2022 judge
and Patchwork’s co-founder, Sally Ogle.

Words Natalie Bradburn Photography Russell Kleyn

It’s almost impossible to know what sits up with floor to ceiling glass. It’s a private, the reality of how these have been used
there in the trees. Maybe nothing? From intimate space, and it’s hard to believe is much more intricate. After Ben moved
the street you can see only an old concrete there are neighbours on all sides. to the Dogbox in Whanganui to set up
garage and a set of steps that disappear another PW office, Sally and Chris shared
into the bush. The path is slow and The entrance is obvious, but not loud. Stealth Bomber with friends — sometimes
meandering, winding past the neighbours, You have to pass over a pond capped up to four others. The office was still on
up over roofs — there’s a glimpse over the with steel grating to get to the front the mezzanine at this time, but as the
valley, but still no sign of your destination. door; at the right time of the day it sends company grew the mezzanine and bunk
You pass under an impressive pohutukawa, watery reflections across the cladding became the spare room, and the office
round a bend, and past a vegetable garden and into the interior. moved into a bedroom for more space.
before slices of a building start to appear. A
steel leg — a slither of a thing — standing The birds are muttering amongst
alongside the trunks of native trees is the themselves, and it feels as though you
first indication you might be in the right might have escaped the city somehow.
place. The initial view is up as you follow
that ascending, galvanised leg and realise This is the house that Sally Ogle,
you are standing underneath the dark Ben Mitchell-Anyon, and Chris Speed
belly of … a thing. This must be the place. built. Aptly known as ‘Stealth Bomber’,
A perfectly lined soffit wraps up along the it is another iteration of Patchwork
sides of the building to form the cladding. Architecture’s experiments in building,
If it wasn’t made out of steel, you might this time paired with Speed’s expertise in
mistake it for an animal, resting up here in structural engineering. The three of them
the bush; solid and at ease. wanted somewhere to live and decided
to build a flat together, as a way to afford
By the time you reach the top, you a house in the city. However, since its
need to take a breath as the house finally conception in 2016 there have been a
presents itself. Even if you’re used to 110 handful of variations on how the house
steps, the reveal requires a moment. How is occupied, with flatmates, babies,
did it get up that path? If you let your and the Patchwork Wellington office all
eyes roam across the form, the building contributing to the mix.
starts to tell you a little about itself.
Two wings meet to create a boomerang “The house has adapted so many
shape, and are connected by a generous times already, and every time it feels
sun-soaked deck. Rooms from both right,” Sally says. “Even though it’s a small
wings of the building face inwards, footprint, there’s so much flexibility in
how it can be occupied.”

The specifications of the house detail
three bedrooms and two living spaces, but

156

HOMEMAGAZINE.NZ 157

158

Housing the office at home throughout The central dining space plays a key angle. The home is restful, warm, and
this time meant that they were able to role in bringing together the kitchen and has outstanding views of both the bush
show new clients more about how they living spaces, while also connecting to and the valley beyond. At just 135sqm,
worked, and what was possible. both decks. On a good day, when both it’s impressive how well the space has
the sliding doors are open, the sound adapted — proof of how much a well-
“It was great to be able to sit down of birds sails through the interior and designed, playful plan can contribute to
with clients in a space you’ve built and, the light streams in from almost every the lives of those who live within it.
while you’re talking, be able to reference
the building around you,” Sally explains.
“It helped them to understand more
about how we worked and showed them
what was possible on a steep site.”

Moving the Patchwork office out of
the house and into Central Wellington
has been the latest iteration. Sally and
Chris now enjoy the home with their
three-year-old daughter, Edie.

“We love this house, and it’s been
awesome to see Edie grow up in a space
we built together,” Sally tells us. “It was
also great to have the office here while
she was smaller, for me to have a
slightly easier juggle between parenting
and work.”

The latest reorganisation allows for
friends and family to stay for longer
periods of time, too, with one of the
bedrooms dedicated to a spare bed for
the first time.

“Having a spare room seems so
luxurious!” explains Sally. “We love having
friends and family stay, and it’s been
great to have a space where they can
have a little privacy, too.”

In the kitchen there are shelves lined
with cookbooks, plates, utensils, jars of
store goods, and glasses, a testament to
the many meals shared.

“It’s a great house to serve two or 10
people for dinner,” Sally declares.

HOMEMAGAZINE.NZ 159

Last page

Dance
of the
dragonfly

Words Clare Chapman
Photography Andi Crown
Taking its name from the French
word for dragonfly, libellule, BELLE
is a performance of air — a space
transformed by light and sound within
which aerialists and dancers reimagine
circus-style performance.

In some cultures, the dragonfly is
symbolic of transformation; in this
performance, transformation is created
with sculptural light portals into which
performers disappear and then reappear.

BELLE, part of the Aotearoa New
Zealand Festival of the Arts, will be held
at the TSB Arena, Wellington, from 26
February until 6 March 2022.
festival.nz

160

NZ WINEMAKER OF THE YEAR 2021

“Jules is one of New Zealand’s Modern Pioneers.”

- Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, NZ Winemaker of the Year Judge.

Bring Ōpononi inside

One of our most popular neutrals.

Find your colour at dulux.co.nz

Photo: Lisa Cohen. Stylist: Bree Leech. Artwork: “Night 1” by Phoebe Halpin, Studio Gallery. Wall colour shown is in Dulux Wigram and
Ōpononi Double. Dulux and Colours of New Zealand are registered trade marks of DuluxGroup (Australia) Pty Ltd. Due to limitations

of the printing process, images may not represent the true paint colour. Always confirm your colour choice with Dulux Sample Pots.