Bühler Residence

Christchurch, New Zealand

This home started with a northwest facing paddock and an inspired vision for a low maintenance, elegant & efficient family lifestyle - creating a calm & healthy retreat that not only grounded itself to the sloping site but opened up and celebrated its spectacular views & landscape with a sense of generosity & connection.

The design needed to be simple & contained in its planning, minimising ground work due to geotechnical requirements - while also accommodating low energy, sustainable systems, such as roof water collection bladders, solar PV’s, fresh air heat recovery system, passive ventilation and a no-maintenance timber cladding system.

This project is a wonderful example of how design can work incredibly hard on a challenging site to create a beautiful & generous family home that supports a low energy, low impact lifestyle -

It exemplifies how new homes in Aotearoa can become active contributors to whānau wellbeing as well as environmentally conscious.

Area: 141m² | Type: Residential, New Build
Year: 2022 | Construction: John Garlick Builders