Michael Hill Clubhouse Modern Architecture by Patterson Associates

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New Zealand’s most awarded Architects and Urban Designers in 2008, Patterson Associates Limited, has designed The Michael Hill Clubhouse, located on Wakatipu Basin, New Zealand. The architecture reflects the Nw Zealand’s identity which defined by landscape as well as the Maori mythology as a people borne of the land and the sky.

An integral truss system creates a skewed form, and supports a green roof planted in native tussock. Systems of energy, water, waste, and climate control are almost entirely contained on the site.

A skewed trapezoid geometry operates as three-dimensional spatial building blocks to define the volumes within the building, and the building within the landscape. This pattern is repeated across all scales, weaving the building into a three-dimensional matrix.

Inside, a glass-reinforced concrete panel ceiling, with integrated heating and acoustic design, hovers above white dimpled textured aluminium forms. The main bar and dining space is an intimate light-filled grandstand overlooking the 18th green.

Buried further back into the ground are service areas, workshops, and cart storage. A large private gym is flanked by a reflecting pond, where you can exercise before being massaged in one of the two bespoke colour therapy rooms making up the spa.

Location: Wakatipu Basin, New Zealand
Client: The Hills Trust
Architect: Patterson Associates Limited
Area: 1.200sqm
Year: 2007
Project Manager: Douglas Consulting
Structural Engineer: Tyndall & Hanham
Mechanical Engineer: Professional Building Services
Electrical Engineer: Pedersen Read
Landscape Architect: Darby Partners
Quantity Surveyor: Ian Harrison and Associates
Contractor: RBJ Limited
Photography by Simon Devitt, Matthew Williams. Via

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