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Floating Boxes.

ArchiPro Project Summary - Innovative residential design featuring two elevated 'Floating Boxes' that harmoniously integrate with the landscape, offering stunning views of Mount Maunganui and a unique courtyard space between the living and sleeping wings.

Title:: Floating Boxes
Architectural Designer:: Noel Jessop Architecture
Category:: Residential/; New Builds

Type & GFA - Residential 245m²Year completed - 2015

The two rooms of the “Floating Boxes” house which appear to hover about half a meter off the lawn are traffic stopping – well almost.

“The feeling is one of being on an elevated balcony, extending out to meet the view.” There’s been considerable effort to perfectly align the floating box bedroom to another view, that of Mount Maunganui in the distance.

The masterful angling walls and the use of recesses to create eaves continue around the house. To the North the glass walls on slightly different angles meet to create a long narrow triangular eave opening to a sunny deck. The effect is subtly simple – space sculptured in origami-like folds.

The cleverly angled geometry of the house is set up by separating the house into 2 wings – a living space and the other for sleeping. Separation is achieved by a glass-sided hallway which creates a courtyard space between the two wings.

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Products used in Floating Boxes

RK Solid Timber PanellingRK Timbers

RK European Larch CladdingRK Timbers

Dune Dryden WoodOilDryden

Dryden WoodOilDryden

Professionals used in Floating Boxes

Noel Jessop ArchitectureArchitectural Designers

Amanda Aitken PhotographyPhotographers

RK TimbersManufacturers and Suppliers

INTERIOR TIMBERS: FLOORING & PANELING

EXTERIOR TIMBERS: CLADDING, HARDWOOD DECKING

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INTERIOR TIMBERS: FLOORING & PANELING

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DrydenManufacturers and Suppliers

Noel Jessop Architecture

Architectural Designers

Waikato

nja.co.nz

Noel Jessop Architecture. Noel Jessop Architecture is a Hamilton based architectural design team. We are a multi-award winning practice and have an exceptional portfolio of work that can be viewed at www.nja.co.nz.Our experience encompasses coastal and rural homes, large scale residential, commercial and industrial developments, which has led to numerous architectural awards both locally and nationally.We are proud to have been regularly published in Urbis, NZ Home and Garden and Homestyle magazines.NJA strives for the highest standards of client service, design and documentation. At the completion of each project the aim is to have achieved a building that is beyond the client's expectations. Our commitment to providing superior service to our clients has been recognized with a nomination for a Business Excellence Award by the Waikato Chamber of Commerce.Each project is analyzed for its special requirements and opportunities: the end result being not a preconceived idea but a combination of the client's requirements and desires, the site and the budget. Critical consideration is given to the project's specific environmental and historical location, and to the appropriate materials and construction methods of the locality.NJA believes good design will produce sustainable, functional and aesthetically pleasing spaces and buildings that have an enduring quality over time.