By Arête Architects
Restricted Section looks to employ a number of devices as design drivers including modulation, lift and programme hierarchy but perhaps the most profound device is the sense of reveal. Tuck away down a small laneway, bound by homes, the site has no street presence - despite being part of the historical fabric of Newtown. The laneway provides for the approach and the forecourt establishes a fronting elevation while concealing the home beyond. There is a sense of discovery as the building reveals itself as you move through, only fully gaining an appreciation for the home from the courtyard.
Restricted Section has given us the opportunity to explore alternative construction methodologies, in particular structurally insulated panels or SIPs. This solution allows us to achieve a highly efficient, modulated home.
Arête Architects believe in blending the planes of architecture and environment; merging the two to achieve architectural excellence.
Arête Architects will embrace your chosen environment and uncover the potential within it. Be it natural or built; micro or macro, interior or exterior, we promise to provide an architectural solution that will exist harmoniously within its context.
Based in Wellington, New Zealand, Arête Architects have a global outlook, seeking solutions, information and technologies internationally in an effort to achieve balance between the built and non-built environments we inhabit.
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