'SO FRESH, SO CLEAN'
A new home on a very modest budget - our approach was to embrace Leonardo Da Vinci's quote “ simplicity the ultimate sophistication”. We focused on designing the fundamentals well, and worked hard to create a clean and balanced sculptural form. By limiting construction complexity, we could reallocate the budget to more high-end features and details, to lift the overall architectural experience.
These included the invisible flush garage door to express the clean sculptural form, the front door cedar soffit which extends into the entry foyer to welcome you into the home, a highly crafted timber stair screen as an artistic centerpiece connecting the downstairs and upstair spaces, and a level floor transition for a more seamless connection between the indoor and outdoor living space (perfect for kids scootering around the house).
Sustainability here is in rainwater collection, durable low maintenance materials, and less is lower carbon.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project, especially the client's who put in a massive effort all the way through.
Completed 2024
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W3 is an Architecture & Art practice with over a decade of experience based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa NZ. We focus on bespoke design for residential & community, buildings & interiors and design to range of budgets, using innovative processes and technologies. W3 explore and communicate concepts and systems, and collaborate with partners to design a more socially and environmentally sustainable future.
Our designs are inspired by artistic concepts, grounded in sophisticated design principles, and finely crafted details, which result in interesting, beautiful and enduring architecture. We highly value our natural environment and always aim to reduce our impact on it, in the process our buildings are built, inhabited and maintained.
Our clients range from families wishing to improve or build their homes with varying budgets and requirements, to larger organisations and developers managing multiple buildings and spaces. We enjoy working with clients and developers who design, build, inhabit, and maintain their buildings, and have found the most successful projects have been when all parties have a long term investment in buildings.
- Year founded2018
- ArchiPro Member since2022
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