Unless you were a local, you’d never know that behind the street façade of this home, is a leafy-and-lovely view of Grey Lynn park. Admittedly it looks a little different to its colonial-era neighbours.
FLOOR AREA HOUSE 116 square metres
BEDROOMS 3
BATHROOMS 3
CLADDING Shadowclad and Cedar
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….
Photography Peter Rees
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