A place of whakapapa

YTTELTON IS FULL OF characters. It is the kind of place where a dining table carries the stories, welcoming and mirth of all the comings and goings. There is whānau, of course, but also room for more, be they neighbours, visitors or a friend arriving fresh from digger-driving to borrow an iron. In fact, we saw a second man out walking an iron as we traversed Lyttelton’s network of sometimes zigzagging, sometimes straight-up little streets. There is quirk happening; it comes with the artists, the port, the grit and the creases. And it is here, amongst community, that architect Michael O’Sullivan and the team at Bull O’Sullivan Architecture have added another beautifully ‘at-home’ home.