Port-a-Bach Prototype

William Giesen worked as Architect and Co-director at Atelierworkshop when he co-designed and produced the Port-a-Bach prototype. The prototype was built in Hangzhou, China and shipped to New Zealand. It was purchased  by Puke Ariki Museum, New Plymouth, as a central piece in their exhibition Cottage to Cutting Edge: Prefabricated Homes in New Zealand.  

The Port-a-Bach was conceived as an affordable holiday home that was transportable, portable and secure with a high-level finish, designed to be environmentally sustainable. The Project was widely published in New Zealand and internationally in magazines and books including Condé Nast Traveler and Vogue Taiwan.

Photographs by Paul McCredie