The site is small, 100 square metres less than the minimum ‘single unit site’ under the proposed unitary plan. The site opens to a northern harbour view at the street frontage, engaging the public spaces of the house in a dialogue with the street.
Given the small site and restricted budget, DMA was encouraged to develop strategies to optimise space and to double up on function where possible. The client was interested in exploring a sustainable driven design approach, harvesting rainwater and the re-use of building materials such as the ‘brick and tile’ that originally stood on the site.
A simple family home of modest materiality and expressive of structural intent. The slippage between the lower and upper forms provides opportunities for engagement and retreat from the public domain of the inner city suburb. The layering of landscape form frames the surrounding environment.
Designers: Daniel Marshall, Mike Hartley, Hana Scott
Photographer: Emma Smales
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We are DMA. We create carefully crafted architecture in NZ and abroad to seamlessly integrate people and place.
Daniel Marshall Architects (DMA) is an Auckland-based practice who are passionate about designing high quality and award-winning New Zealand architecture. Our work has been published in periodicals and books internationally as well as numerous digital publications, including ArchDaily.com – the world’s most visited architectural website.
Daniel leads a core team of four individually accomplished designers who skillfully collaborate to resolve architectural projects from their conception through to their occupation. DMA believes architecture is a ‘generalist’ profession which engages with all components of an architectural project; during conceptual design, documentation and construction phases.
We pride ourselves on being able to holistically engage with a complex of architectural issues to arrive at a design solution equally appropriate to its context (site and surrounds) and the unique ways in which our clients prefer to live.