Reef House | Strachan Group Architects | ArchiPro
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2021
- Summer holidays near the coast, any coast, are the right of every New Zealander and loom large in the childhoods of many of us. For some, the reality of a home near the coast is a goal to aspire to; a place where family and friends can build memories that often transcend generations.
For the owner of this house, that was the dream-to provide a holiday home for her three children and their families. One that would ultimately be passed on, becoming, in the process, an indelible embodiment of that dream.
In this instance though, the familial link runs deeper, as the owner commissioned her architect cousin-Dave Strachan of Strachan Group Architects (SGA)-to design the home and two of her children, builders starting out on their own, to build it.
“Reef house is very much a family experience,” says Dave. “Not just because of its intended use but because we will all get to look back on it and see where it was touched by each of us in turn.”
Situated on an elevated section overlooking the rocky beach break of Daniels Reef, the site enjoys extensive sea views from the northeast through to the south and across to Little Barrier Island.
“These views, as well as a fall of seven metres across the site diagonally from west to east, provided the natural context. A vacant site to the northeast, as well as neighbours overlooking from the north, also needed to be considered in the design process.
Dave says that while the site itself was of a good size, council regulations around setbacks and neighbouring sightlines, coupled with topographical considerations, restricted placement of the building site to within a 200m2 building platform.
“From the outset, the goal was to design as complete a council-compliant scheme as possible, including strict adherence to the maximum building footprint. To achieve that, the plan is a split cruciform, providing axial views and cross ventilation in both directions. In section, breaking the form into a twin-roof pavilion allows for ample volumetric shifts across the upper-floor spaces.
“Here, the floorplates are offset and arranged to direct views out to the sea from the entrance and living areas. The kitchen projects through the building envelope and out onto layered and screened outdoor living spaces-helping blur the lines between indoor spaces and outdoor spaces.”
Another design element that blurs the lines is the courtyard garden, which works as a climate modifier and is accessed through a bank of hinged doors, cleverly incorporating the space into the interior while maintaining its exterior designation. A small powder room is accessed off this space.
Crucial to the design aesthetics, was the owner’s desire to include a selection of interesting textures and materials to complement her art collection and the coastal environment. Exterior materials were selected for their longevity and minimal maintenance requirements, including bleached timber elements on the sheltered, roadside facade, filtering through to a more rich interior treatment of oiled timbers.
With a long future spent in the house envisioned, sustainability in design and materials was paramount to the outcome, says Dave.
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The black house next door looks super interesting too!
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Wow, waking up to that view in the morning!
A well considered and cleverly designed structure on an amazing site. I used to look up at this section when surfing Daniels reef and am glad that the spot was not wasted.
What a fantastic name for a town. Beautiful house, really making the most of that location. Clever design
🎼🎼🎼 Bravo! Beautiful! Homages! 🎼🎼🎼 JAR
I also like maintaining the traditional gable roof form but doing it in a fresh way. This helps to integrate the house into the neighboring houses. Avoiding the Modern Box is a commendable achievement!
I love it. Beautiful house and AMAZING location! 100%
Spectacular! Thank you.
Combinação perfeita, entre a casa e paisagem
Spectacular house 👏👏👏
Outstanding Design juxtaposed to a Spectacular view 🙌
That's an incredible house!
Great video! It was indeed a spectacular view
absolutely stunning
Beautiful. ❤️❤️💕
a short video that holds so much.
This is quite interesting. I like the open framing and how much that enriches the solid volumes, adding visual complexity and contrast . Nice solution.
Great house but please tone down the background music, it was real hard understanding what the man said in the video.
Wonderful
amazing
Oh god ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ah, thats 100-102 Lax Crescent Leigh 0985New Zealand
Aldo Barta - Robot de Platón
Does New Zealand recognise architectural education from the UK (RIBA - accredited)? Often considered emigrating and taking on the challenge in another country. The projects come across a little more progressive than they are here in the UK, but that could just be from the select projects we see in media.
Это жизнь
A nice black cat can add the finishing touch .go an make your self at home cat 🐱
My mom ate a pancake last week
Gluten free or full flour?
I am starting to think that everyone in NZ is a miilionaire living in an oceanview home.
Yes
Ocean views so lonely
Hello
Hello
kind of ordinary
Great video, lovely house but the music is unnecessary. It’s a distraction to the point that occasionally it’s difficult to hear the commentary, plus the new age/yoga genre is awful (IMHO)
At least give the builders a wrap. Anyone with half a brain can create a house on a digital platform, only a selected handful can build the design. Without the builders the house is still just a file on the computer.