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Tasman Bay House is situated overlooking Tasman Bay in the South Island of New Zealand. 

The four bedroom family house  is designed to neatly sit within its landscape, optimise views of Tasman Bay to the East and surrounding landscape,  concealed wind protected Western courtyard, maximised Northern sunlight exposure for passive solar gain and natural heating, natural ventilation  and cooling strategies, and high performance building materials for health, comfort and energy efficiency.

Large North facing masonry block walls capture abundant sunlight, thermally broken  ground polished and exposed insulated  concrete slabs store radiant sun light energy for natural heating, insulated doors and windows keep warmth inside the house,  as well as Structurally insulated wall panels, Metal insulated roof panels, and airtight seals and wraps. 

An Eco cycle waste water treatment system, passively treats sewage, and rainwater is collected and stored onsite for drinking.

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Solarei Architecture was born out of a passion to deliver well designed, creatively focused, collaboratively based, budget conscious, environmentally responsive house designs to our clients.

What we design combines client aspirations with a creative environmental response, using clever design strategies to achieve this. Our objective is to creatively design homes which are based on environmental sustainable design principles, and the human experience.

Environmental sustainable design principles take into consideration a meaningful engagement with environment and climate. Design principles we use are based on smart orientation, passive solar, passive design strategies, natural warmth, passive cooling, cross ventilation, and stack effect. High performance building materials, energy efficiency, smart green technologies, and healthy building materials are some of the ingredients we use to achieve this.

By using this design approach, we are able to design a house which is naturally warm in winter, naturally cool in summer, gets the most of unique site features, and is always enjoyable to live in.

Fostering engaging relationships with clients, based on listening, honesty, and mutual exchanging of ideas has resulted in many successful award-winning projects, with national (NZ) and international recognition of our work.

Currently we are working on projects in Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand. Please get in touch if our work interests you.