A Versatile Household Compound by Fearon Hay and Katie Lockhart

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 mission as each a household residence and a place of job. Designed for a pair with three grownup youngsters residing overseas, the main target was on the lengthy view: constructing a versatile, multi-generational household residence and ceramicist retreat to accommodate returning youngsters and company. The brand new construct is conceived as a collection of agricultural volumes organized round a central courtyard that opens towards the encompassing mountains. Clad in zinc and corrugated metallic to guard from harsh seasonal shifts, the inside is outlined by oak joinery, limestone flooring, and plaster finishes—an structure drawn straight from rural shed typologies, the utilitarian buildings of Central Otago in New Zealand, with a up to date method.

Katie Lockhart joined the mission because the construct was underway, focusing totally on furnishings and tender parts to enrich the architectural framework. Working with a consumer 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 day by day use and creative apply, however expandable to accommodate a full home.

Pictures by David Straight for Katie Lockhart Studio.