By Percival Construction
Designed as a retreat for a New York City based family, the DNA house is an exercise, in contrast, delight, strength, and elevation.
A series of bi-folding perforated metal screens surround the home, serving to filter light and provide an element of protection when the home is unoccupied. The DNA of the family was sampled and the coded patterns were then combined to form the delicately structured perforation pattern.
The house is at once sleekly recessive and boldly sculptural – having been described as an otherworldly form, having seemingly landed on the beach, opening and closing in concert with the lives of its travellers. Â
The experience of arrival to the front door and the lower level promenade is a continuation of the meandering journey taken from either the beach or from the road to the Otama settlement. A series of steps and ramps provide for more of a soft and easy journey and serve to elevate the arrival. Â
The lower level houses the two bedrooms and a bathroom for each. Timber lined walls provide warmth, softness and enclosure, with all spaces opening directly to the outside and the perimeter transitional space. A floor hatch with rope ladder access provides for an additional direct and energetic connection.
Ascending the steel framed suspended timber stair to the living zone above, an open plan layout is surrounded by generous roof overhangs, lifting to the views and helping to define the zones within, and the large deck. A roof hatch at the apex allows for a connection to the sky at night for stargazing.
Master Builders House of the Year 2018
Photography by Jerusha Razey
Percival Construction is an award-winning building company based in Whitianga, Coromandel Peninsula. We specialise in new homes and architecturally designed homes and renovations.
Percival Construction is a local, family-run company, which prides itself on meeting the needs of individual clients; whether that is providing assistance with planning, design, council consent documents or advice when selecting products. We always work with integrity and we encourage clients to actively participate in their building process. We have a selection of quality sub-contractors who have delivered for us, and our clients, over and over again. Our team of handpicked highly skilled carpenters work tirelessly in the pursuit of excellence, as is evident in our success in the Registered Master Builder – House of the Year awards. Â
Browsing through our projects on our website it is clear that Percival Construction is skilled across the building process and capable of dealing with the challenges of modern design.