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Year of completion
2018
Project cost
$0.5m - $1m
Building style
Contemporary

Compact designer chic - 2018

Our initial brief was to create a new street-facing home that looked out over the rear garden - which although private - faced south.

The imminent Unitary Plan opportunities for future density allowed us to add value to the site, by recommending initial development towards the rear, leaving space for future development, while allowing the new home to face north towards the garden.

This engendered a completely different style of architecture - with a striking form that belies the building’s compact footprint.

  • Building footprint: 105m²
  • Size: 170m² 3-bedroom, 3 bathroom, open plan 
  • Foundation/floor: Insulated waffle slab with warm edge 
  • Cladding: Cedar weatherboards and Nuwall cladding, metal & membrane roofs
  • Windows: Double glazed aluminium 
  • Heating: Passive solar 
  • Lighting: Low voltage LED and 240V
  • Wastewater: Council connected
  • Freshwater: Council connected & storm water detention tank
  • Upcycling: Rimu from the old house - vanities, countertops & stairs
Hello there. Thank you for getting in touch. We like to think we are really responsive, and put you first - but we do also get busy from time to time. If you haven't heard back from us in a few days - please feel free to contact us via our website. https://www.vitruvion.co.nz/contact Many thanks. Tonia and the team @ Vitruvion.
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At Vitruvion we design and build sustainable high performance housing for you to enjoy now and for future generations.

Using Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) with other manufactured systems our buildings are faster to build onsite, more durable, and cost less to run.

Better for you, better for the planet.

Your home should reflect you, your taste, your site, your budget, without compromising performance.

​Choose one of our customisable designs, we’ll individualise it for you and you get to build and move in more quickly. Or we can architecturally design a home that’s perfect for you and your site.

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