AtelierWorkshop on Lunchbox Architect

AtelierWorkshop, now known as Bonnifait + Associates Architects, is an architecture practice in Wellington, New Zealand, founded in 2000. Its approach is "orientated towards reconnecting people with a physical reality, a territory, its history and a cultural context." The practice works on new houses, additions and multi-unit housing as well as healthcare, education, heritage and product design, including its prefabricated FAB Series.

Their four projects on Lunchbox are all about the landscape. Port-a-Bach is a teeny, portable holiday home made from a shipping container. Lloyd Holiday House replaces a 1950s bach in the Kapiti Coast dunes with a new one big enough for the whole extended family. McKenzie House is nestled into the rows of an apple orchard on the plains of Hawke's Bay. And Cora House, on a steep bush-covered slope on Waiheke Island, was built off site and dropped into position by helicopter to keep the site untouched.

See Port-a-Bach, Lloyd Holiday House and more of their work on Lunchbox below.

Port-a-Bach: A Portable Teeny Tiny Shipping Container Home

This 'Bach' - a New Zealand term for a small holiday shack - is built inside a shipping container. It's a self-contained, portable, and fun retreat for a family of four.

Lloyd Holiday House: A New Beach Bach for a Multigenerational Family

This new shack takes better advantage of the views and has enough space to host this multi-generational family during the holiday season.

Serene McKenzie House is Nestled in the Middle of an Apple Orchard

McKenzie House uses the same 4x3 metre grid of the surrounding Apple Orchard to ensure it feels harmonious and connected to its surrounds.

Prefabricated Cora House Carried Onto Site Leaving Environment Untouched

To preserve the bushy site, Cora House was built off-site and then carried onto site by hand - a remarkable feat of ingenuity and preservation.