Blue cedar building and cricket pavilion in the country with grass oval in the foreground.

Deep Cover

2022

Typology: Mixed-use Pavillion
Location: Hamilton
Builder: SJR Builders
Photographer: Simon Wilson

Aptly named for its field position, Deep Cover is a multi-use, cricket pavilion designed for shelter and for play. The brief called for an engaging building that playfully referenced the nationally iconic game and was informed by the idea of the ‘drinks break’. This humble timber structure designed to charm visitors with a hint of sporting sentiment serves as a space for the clients to share with friends and the local community, without encroaching on the privacy of their family home. With its kitchenette and wood burner, the building provides shade and warmth to enjoy the game throughout the seasons.

Half of the blue cedar clad pavilion on a sunny day in the country, with tall trees in the background.
Interior of plywood changing room with exposed black trusses and wooden floor.
Four cricket players on the deck of the pavilion looking out over the grass lawn on a sunny day.
Interior design of the pavilion kitchen with three cricket players drinking coffee.
Interior of bathroom design with plywood and a earthy-red tiled bathroom wall.
Shadows from the trees cast against an exterior blue cedar clad wall of the building architecture.
The interior of the architecture with its internal sliders opened, to reveal a large floor space.
The evening deck sliders wide open exposing the interior furniture and fireplace.
A distant view of the architecture on a sunny day with cricketers playing on the lawn in front of it.

Meticulously detailed and impeccably crafted, every millimetre of this little building has been beautifully realised. 

 - Lisa Webb, Here Awards Jury
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