Casper’s House is a small ‘blurple’ holiday home in Tairua, New Zealand, for a family of four, several pets who travel and an interchangeable raft of guests. It was designed in response to the prevailing trend in New Zealand beach house design for white and timber – drawing instead on the experimentation and associated freedoms of the mid-century Fire Island homes where daring forms concealed complex, layered interiors.

▼建筑外观，external view of the building ©Sam Hartnett

The house is split into two steeply pitched forms. The main volume steps incrementally down the site, with the entrance and bathroom at the top, down a couple of steps to the kitchen and bedroom wing and then down several more to the lounge and balcony. The mezzanine sits above the lounge and doubles as a 3 rd bedroom and extra lounge space.

▼房屋由两个体块组成，the house is split into two volumes ©Sam Hartnett