CHOSEN FROM 25

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 230, 24 June 1932, Page 6

CHOSEN FROM 25

Winning Student Entry in Competition A SECTION ON A JIILL Yesterday a- committe nominated by the Wellington branch of the New Zealand institute of Architects chose from 25 submitted plans ilnd drawings the winning entry in the architectural competition for a model New Zealand home “for persons of moderate means.” The placed entrants were:— Miss Maribel A. Mclntyre, 1; Mr. lan F. Calder, 2. Both are Wellington architectural students, a The competition was arranged to further the Government’s scheme to assist the unemployed by encouraging building activity, and the promoters were the, allied building industries associated With the N.Z.I.A. Among the conditions wgs ope providing that the specifications for the abuse should call for the maximum use vf New Zealand materials, also that the house .should be designed for “a typical suburban section on a hill slope,” and, again, that the competitor should assume that houses were already built on both adjoining sections, to within four feet of the side boundaries. Suggested Materials. Ip the reproduction of the winning design bn this page space limitation has prevented the inclusion of the adjacent houses, the positions of which were indicated by the competitor. In the list of suggested .materials submitted by the winner are totara piles, plates, and sleepers for the fouudilt.ions, concrete block exterior walls, and rimu interior frame. For the floors matai is recommended, and' for the ceilings fibrous plaster. The roof is tiled on a timber frame. The interior finish is suggested as follows: Fibrous plaster sheets papered or painted, heart rimu doors, steel casement windows in wood frames, and an open brick fireplace. For the exterior finish, cement plaster, roughcasted and liine-washed, is recommended by the designer. The total floor area of the douse, ’ including walls, would be 1312 square feet. Committee’s Report. The competition committee consisted of Messrs. A. Seed, W. Gray Young, G. H. Mitchell, and F. E. Greenish, who state in their report that the number of drawings submitted, was considered highly satisfactory in view of the short notice given. “The geiietal average is high, particularly in regard to the geuera.] presentation of the drawings,” proceeds the report “In judging, the committee considered that a question of primary importance was the disposition of the various rooms with regard to sunlight on an enclosed site.”

- The report adds that two other entries of district pierit unfortunately had to be debarred because the prescribed area had been exceeded.