Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
Daniel Marshall Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
A ridge stretching between the
Hauraki Gulf and the pastoral landscape of Waiheke Island provided a stunning, and challenging, context in which to design a home.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
The approach was to work within the contour of the ridge, as an attempt to minimise the impact on the landscape. A landscape wall, clad in local coloured stone, splays out from the primary plan form, providing a point of entry to the house, and allowing the excavation that drops the garage below the ground line.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
Ascending the stair, one reaches the house via a southern courtyard. The plan form of the house is spaced between this courtyard and its accompanying northern courtyard, which are bridged by a
gabled roof stretched across the long axis. The
courtyards provide the opportunity to shelter from either of the two dominant winds.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
The materiality of the house draws on two architectural conditions of Waiheke, the masonry forms were inspired by the gun emplacements of Stoney Batter. The use of cedar and plywood reflect precarious weekenders of the island’s past.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
The clients are returning to live in New Zealand after a long period in Asia.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Ernie Shackles |
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| site plan--drawing Courtesy of Daniel Marshall Architects |
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| floor plan--drawing Courtesy of Daniel Marshall Architects |
