Residential-New Build

Mallet Prebble

Description: Norda Pacific (1990) Ltd

The clients brief was for a four bedroom family home plus office, with a kitchen and dining area and separate lounge. The site was purchased by our client to develop and fit the new dwelling along side their existing home which was sold at the end of construction. They have a young family with two children under five. Hence the main bedrooms were required to be on the same level. Our client was specific in their brief that they wanted the house to blend in with the traditional homes of the area and did not want to have to go through any resource consent process.
Our approach was to use the materials of the area and proportions of the older homes but incorporate them in a modern way. This was done using simple lines and repetitive proportions. This lead to a design solution that has pitched roofs and very strong vertical proportions nestled about an outdoor courtyard garden. The dwelling is tightly planned to be contained in the 35% allowable coverage and fit under all height controls. The result is a stylish yet simple executive home that fits the local character with its references through material use.

Pinder

Description: New house and Carport.

Originally a proposed investment flat, this project evolved into a new dwelling for the clients, located above an existing car park. “A tin box on a steep cliff”, the simple form, low cost materials, clever use of windows, decks and interior space has created a superb modern apartment, set in the bush, with views to die for.

All the external materials are low maintenance. The interior has clean lines and a subtle colour scheme. Water is collected for garden use and earthquake storage. The silver finish gives honesty to the statement of a “tin box on a steep cliff”.

The client has fallen in love with the lifestyle of this easy to maintain hillside home after living many years in a older, draughty and cold Bungalow.

Mason

Description: Two New Townhouses.

The two Townhouses proposed on this large back section in Khandallah were designed, one as the clients home and the second as a rental investment. The houses are designed to fit into the local urban fabric through the use of pitched roofs, weatherboards, corrugated roofing and traditional window proportions. Yet true to the demands of compact town housing, the design uses indoor-outdoor thresholds, small private court yards, efficient use of space and modern interior features to reflect the occupant’s urban lifestyle.

Tightly integrated into the suburb, these two units compliment the adjoining properties and rejuvenate the under utilised property.

Van Den Boorst

Description: New House

The project site is on a north facing slope in Silverstream, private and situated in an area of native bush.

Our returning clients required a five bedroom family house with extensive garaging and storage.

The proposed house is split into two parts over two levels. A timber box to the south contains bedrooms spanning west. Further forward a descent down the stairs opens into a glass and timber box with massive concrete wing walls. This north orientated box contains living areas which will frame views and maximise sunlight penetration.

The approach to the house is from the southern side of the site. There will be subtle exterior to interior thresholds as one approaches, enters and departs the proposed building. Various apertures throughout the house create visual connections to the native bush, decks from the living areas are raised up into the bush canopy.

The majority of the proposed building is to be clad in timber which will weather over time and blend into the surrounding native bush.

The Shrimpton House

Description: New Dwelling

The three-bedroom proposal is located on Seatoun’s water front. Responding to site, context and the kinetic landscape; a driver of the design was to dramatise a sense of shelter by impassioning the basic elements of architecture – the wall and roof. A thick two storey concrete wall runs the entire length of the building; on this thin site, this wall offers protection, stability and comfort. The wall has created the main access route running longitudinally through the building. Views are framed on either side of this pathway to Wellingtons Harbour and the backyard garden- The occupants of the house are constantly reminded of the beautiful site whilst being surrounded by warmth and comfort.

The building opens toward the north and east there fore maximising morning and afternoon sun. Passive heating is utilised with thermal masses on the floor and wall.

Natural materials have been chosen to encourage weathering. The juxtaposition of exterior and interior weathering makes a subtle reference to shelter. The building is reflective of the site and over time will mould and become one with the surrounding landscape.

Contact Details

phone 04-384 8395
fax 04-385 1102

email rob@architecture.gen.nz
web www.architecture.gen.nz

street address 47 Cuba St, Wellington
postal address PO Box 11083, Wellington