By Shape Architects
Mona House sits on a slim but lengthy lifestyle section elevated upon a hilltop overlooking the Tuscany Estate Valley. The minimalist house was designed with sleek and contemporary geometry in mind paired with a very fitting material palette of dark stained cedar and concrete panel cladding. It forms an expanse along the horizontal plane with seamless integration between living spaces and surroundings.
Guided by the length of the long section and floor plan, we decided to cut open a ‘pocket courtyard’ in the center of the house to act as an intermediary space to allow light and greenery to filter through and permeate the interior. The main hall and a central floating stairway leading towards the upstairs bedrooms is positioned alongside this courtyard so that all the circulatory pathways of the home revolve around this pivotal space.
Full height sliding joinery on the other side of the living tucks away to open out onto an outdoor barbeque area which provide vantage points featuring the views of the hills and valleys beyond.
We are Shape, an architectural design studio based in Auckland, New Zealand.
The practice is a design-led and client focused studio specializing in residential architecture ranging from large scale subdivision to luxury townhouse developments to premium lifestyle homes.
Our team consists of Registered Architects & Architectural Designers with extensive building experience throughout many years in the industry.
The studio approaches every project with a commitment to design excellence and a thoughtful consideration of site and place. Every design we do is bespoke, and no two projects are the same. This is because no two clients and no two sites are either.
This process involves a collaborative approach, working with and alongside the client to intricately explore notions of design, context, layout, space, light, history, culture, and materiality. We pride ourselves on being able to holistically design and solve a complex of architectural issues to deliver a project that is both appropriate to its context yet seamlessly integrated into the manner in which our clients prefer to live.
We thank and are grateful for our ever-growing network of clients and we look forward to sitting down with new clients to discuss ways we can help their next project take shape.
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