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With wraparound views from Maraetai to Rangitoto, this home ticks all the boxes!
Box has designed a concept using four rectangular modules positioned to enclose a central atrium – a design that could also be configured to form a pin-wheel. The concept of pavilions around a transparent core is rather 70s in style – but this is a contemporary take on that theme. Depending on who you talk to, it’s a light-well, atrium or mini courtyard. The owners had planned to plant it with lush foliage, but now a small seed has been planted to construct a spiral staircase within the core of the light-well in order to get up to roof level….
FLOOR AREA HOUSE:
116 square metres
COVERED DECK:
18 square metres
UNCOVERED DECK:
11 square metres
BEDROOMS
2 + office
BATHROOMS:
3
CLADDING:
Shadowclad and Cedar
FLOORING:
Polished concrete
ROOFING:
Colorsteel
INSULATION:
Glasswool
KITCHEN BENCH:
Dekton Edora
KITCHEN CABINETRY:
Bamboo Plywood
BATHROOM CABINETRY:
Bamboo Plywood
BATHROOM FLOORING:
Creative Concrete tiles
LIGHTING:
Lightplan LED lights
DECKING:
Vitex