By Insight Architecture
The client, a respected bespoke home builder had completed 4 homes in a 5 lot development with tight resource consent conditions and small lots. This final home on the beach side was to be his own home, and be the best of them, taking into account all the features of previously built homes. A walk through of these homes enabled relatively easy design research into materials and what worked as far as flow and outdoor spaces.
However, a previously resource consented design, a site of only 325sq.m and the need to go to 3 levels posed it’s own problems. The client also wanted to use natural materials like cedar, corten steel , polished concrete and painted brick with the need to keep low maintenance in mind, given the environment it was to be built in.
This 288sq.m, 4 bedroom, 3 level beach haven with split level access from the entry up to the gallery which wraps around the courtyard to enable multiple room access to the lap pool and outdoor areas. The gallery then leads up to the main living area via polished concrete steps and a unispan floor. In behind the designer kitchen, another stairway leads up to the master bedroom retreat which takes in the sea views from a private balcony. The site has been fully maximised with the entry at street level offering privacy and security and allowing second level living to have the views of the dunes.
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