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Forest.

ArchiPro Project Summary - A sustainable residence nestled within a forest, featuring open living spaces that embrace natural light and privacy, with innovative design elements including a skylight, Totara trees as a visual filter, and honest materials throughout.

Title:: Forest
Architect:: mdl architects
Category:: Residential

It was decided that no trees would be removed from the site, therefore the building occupies a compact platform.

The open living spaces were placed on the south side of the house to take advantage of the forest + the privacy and meditative qualities that the forest offers.

A skylight was incised through the house to bring light into these southern spaces. Three Totaras are used as a filter on the glazed north elevation.

The upper level ceilings are white + structured analogous to the limbs of trees. The lower ceilings are black battens to form regressive bedroom spaces.

Suspended concrete floors with a tracery of steel floor beams + exposed circular columns provide honest materials.

A sustainable solution to a natural environment.

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Auckland

mdlarchitects.co.nz

mdl architects. mdl architects are a Japan based firm of architects with more than 30 years of experience in New Zealand + Japan. Our intention is to produce well considered buildings that engage with culture + landscape + express a humanistic approach to built environment. The practice has a belief that commitment to design + sound project management will satisfy the needs of its clients. We have a strong focus on an enjoyable + close working relationship with clients. There is an inherent understanding of the importance of the client’s brief + the budget + the practicality of the design. Innovation + invention remain a practice interest. Enthusiasm is a fundamental part of the working environment.