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Te Kauwhata House

Te Kauwhata House

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Te Kauwhata House, North Waikato, New Zealand Te Kauwhata House is located in Northern Waikato amongst rolling rural landscape with sweeping views of pine forests and farmland. Read more
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Te Kauwhata House: A sustainable residential design in North Waikato, featuring passive solar heating, natural ventilation, and stunning views of the rural landscape.

Te Kauwhata House, North Waikato, New Zealand

Te Kauwhata House is located in Northern Waikato amongst rolling rural landscape with sweeping views of pine forests and farmland. Designed to peer out over landscape and views, large roof overhanging hover overhead shading the house in summer, and insulated concrete slabs and thermal mass walls are optimised for  passive solar gain naturally heating the during winter. Centralised clerestory works as a climate chimney creating a natural stack effect, naturally ventilating and cooling the house during warmer months.

'Awarded First Place Equal in the CCANZ (Cement and Concrete Association of New Zealand), Concrete 3 Sustainability Awards, for Residential Design'

 Photographer: Francis Oliver Photography Limited

4.6K16h 44m

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“We chose to work with Duncan at Solarei, after considering other options as he was the only one who had a focus on building an environmental passively designed house within our budget. He had a sensible design approach, had allot of patience, as we had lots of questions, ideas, and revisions. Our site had a tight building platform and he managed to squeeze allot of house onto the site without compromising the overall passive solar design, passive design strategies, or overall architectural design. He responded promptly to our emails and was fun to work with. As our house is under construction currently, I can see how important the work at the design stage is. I would recommend him to those who are looking at an environmental passively designed, eco-friendly home”.”

Robert Wilks and Sally Murdoch, Tasman, New Zealand

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