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Small House Wairarapa.

ArchiPro Project Summary - Compact and innovative small house design at Riversdale Beach featuring three bedrooms, flexible living spaces, and sustainable materials for efficient construction and enhanced privacy.

Title:: Small House Wairarapa
Architect:: a.k.a Architecture
Category:: Residential/; New Builds
Photographers:: a.k.a Architecture

A beautiful site at Riversdale Beach. Enlightened clients looking for a house with a small footprint and volume of 7x7x7m (or thereabouts). A prototype for compact living within a simple envelope. The house is designed with three bedrooms (one flexible), two living areas, family bathroom, guest WC and kitchen/dining opening up to the views and a large deck. Prefabricated framing minimises construction time onsite. Aluminium tray roof and side walls clad the two opposing ends of Cedar weatherboard. The client initiated D'Void folding floor provides an option for double height living space or a third bedroom/office. Exterior Cedar 'barn' screens give privacy and solar shading. A second darker form becomes garaging, storage with additional sleeping options.

Completed 2019

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Mount Victoria, Wellington

akaarchitecture.co.nz

a.k.a Architecture. aka Architecture is an award-winning practice specialising in residential and boutique commercial work. aka was founded in 2007 by Anne Kelly, with Karl Wipatene joining the team in 2019. The practice is committed to providing a personal approach, guiding the clients through the various stages to ensure a successful project. We are committed to producing designs that are client and site specific. aka Architecture has a particular interest in buildings that employ a strong sense of materiality, simple but clever composition of form, and a controlled use of light to redefine spaces. a.k.a Architecture Ltd is a Wellington based practice.