The winning entry in a competition to design a house suitable for rebuilding on TC3 land will be built as a Southern Response TC3 show home on a site in Cranford Street.
The competition to design The Cantabrian was won by former Christchurch resident, Richard Sellars (of Nelson-based Continuum Architecture Ltd) who sees this as a chance to “ensure the same amount of careful thought and cooperative planning goes into the design of our neighbourhoods as goes into our important civic spaces.”
The house will be called The Cantabrian and could become as characteristic of Canterbury as the Queenslander is of Queensland.
The contest was run by Southern Response in conjunction with the New Zealand Institute of Architects, using a brief based on Ministry of Building, Innovation and Employment guidelines on shape, lighter construction materials and sustainability for TC3 sites.
Richard Sellars will draw up detailed design drawings before the house is built, as part of a joint project involving Southern Response and Housing New Zealand.
For more information visit: www.cantabrianhome.co.nz for further information.
Source: based on media release from Southern Response
