The site is an elevated promontory above a rocky cove at the western entrance to a double bay on Waiheke Island in Auckland?s Hauraki Gulf.  The site slopes north-east toward a reef and sandy beaches opposite.

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Architects: Archimedia

Location: Hekerua Rd, Oneroa, Auckland 1081, New Zealand

Architect In Charge: Lindsay Mackie

Area: 390.0 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Patrick Reynolds

Other Participants: Lindsay Mackie, Surya Fullerton, Canam Construction, Jonathan Boersen, Ormiston Associates, Boffa Miskell, Green Group Ltd, eCubed Building Workshop

© Patrick Reynolds

The site is an elevated promontory above a rocky cove at the western entrance to a double bay on Waiheke Island in Auckland?s Hauraki Gulf.  The site slopes north-east toward a reef and sandy beaches opposite.
Site Plan

The house is a collaboration with the Client, an engineer with meticulous attention to detail, who owns a winery on the island. His sensibility for materials is directed by his Cypriot heritage and the sensory experiences founded in his Mediterranean culture. His brief was a single line instruction to enhance the experience of the occupants. 

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As a structural engineer he has an affinity with concrete and in situ concre...