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Repurposing an old apiary into Green With Envy, a passive building featuring a café, home-ware shop, and art gallery, with a sunny courtyard for outdoor dining and sculpture display, utilizing high-performance insulation and cross-ventilation.
An old, well-built apiary near Matakana was repurposed by Construkt Architects for clients Wendy Faith and Sue Dobson, who wanted a café, home-ware shop and art gallery. Their brief originally linked the gallery to the apiary, but separating the two buildings created a sunny courtyard that serves outdoor dining and sculpture display.
The new envelope—high-performance insulation, deep eaves and cross-ventilation—lets the building operate as a passive structure with minimal mechanical heating or cooling. The courtyard arrangement remains, but the premises now trade as Green With Envy, a home-and-lifestyle store.
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