1 Challis Place Mount Pleasant, Christchurch City

Certified Passive House, architecturally stimulating with generous interior volumes. Nestled into the sheltered side of the lower slopes of Mt Pleasant. With captivating views over Ferrymead, the estuary and all the way to the Southern Alps.

A carefully selected palette of materials creates harmonious colours and textures internally and externally. The sculptural nature of the design is evident on approach with a monopitch roof that follows the slope of the street. This forms a quiet, restful aspect to the house. On the opposite faade a nine metre mast supports a deck wrapped in Corten steel. From the deck, the complexity of the northern faade becomes evident with timber pergolas and Corten steel window frames that project from the walls.

Designed ultimately for healthy, comfortable and economic family living the house has large open plan interior volumes, resulting from the simple monopitch roof. Bedrooms open out to a lower deck and landscaped areas. Raw steel is used as a material element exposed in the central stairwell and in a structural roof beam. Hot rolled steel is used to contrast timber flooring and shelving, complementing dark grey kitchen surfaces.

Planned, constructed and presented to the highest of standards, this superb property is sure to impress even the most discerning of purchasers.