Longbush House
By Salmond Reed Architects
This deceptively simple award-winning house lies at the centre of a 15 year regeneration project focused on the protection of native plants and birds. Although just a ten minute drive from Gisborne, the property is “off the grid”, and relies on solar power and water heating, with gas and wetback boost. A separate garage contains battery bank and generator.
The siting of the two building elements on an east-west axis was designed to maximise solar gain and was further constrained by the desire to preserve two archaeological features recalling traditional (pre-European contact) use of the land. Construction combines a Hebel block solid enclosing wall to the south, incorporating small steel windows, and a more open face to the north, featuring large timber windows and sliding timber doors, opening onto a timber deck and concrete terrace to capture sun and embrace panoramic views up the valleys to the north and west.
The internal form of the house is what the architect describes as “one room on two levels, connected by a void”, providing living, dining, kitchen and laundry at ground level and bedroom with separate bathroom on the upper level, all within a building footprint of just 64m2.
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SALMOND REED ARCHITECTS is an award winning architecture and conservation practice founded by NZIA Gold Medal recipient Jeremy Salmond. We bring thirty years’ of experience and expertise to your project, whether it involves the sensitive adaptation of a character building or the design of a contemporary structure in a sensitive environmental setting (or, indeed, a combination of both.)
Directors Rosalie Stanley, Lloyd Macomber, and Philip Graham, lead a staff of around twenty talented registered architects and graduates, chartered building surveyors, heritage consultants and support staff, all of whom share a resolve to deliver optimum project solutions to meet client aspirations and budgets.
Specialist staff have an in-depth knowledge of traditional building materials and techniques, enabling them to advise on the application of modern architectural conservation practice for older buildings, while our designers also maintain a strong grasp of modern building technologies and materials to bring excellence to our contemporary designs.
SALMOND REED ARCHITECTS is a recognised leader in the application of modern architectural conservation practice in New Zealand and has played a leading role in the resolution of potentially difficult conflicts between preservation and development of older structures.
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