048per_both client and council eat cake

Building consents approval obtained for Villa XX! Added to the planning consents, this Easter both Auckland City Council and our client can have cake and eat it too…

048per_Stage G completion

048per_DECONSTRUCTION OR SURGICAL DEMOLITION? Landscape 1 Architecture 0.

In the context of physical construction, deconstruction is the selective dismantlement of building components, specifically for re-use, recycling, and waste management. It differs from demolition where a site is cleared of its building by the most expedient means. Deconstruction has also been defined as “construction in reverse”. The process of dismantling structures is an ancient activity that has been revived by the growing field of sustainable, green building. Buildings, like everything, have a life-cycle. Deconstruction focuses on giving the materials within a building a new life once the building as a whole can no longer continue. Looking at the ‘demolition’ photos, and not a single tree appears to have suffered, it looks like Landscape 1 Architecture 0.

048per_Construction Layers

Construction sequence: 1 concrete plinth 2. timber frame 3. plywood diaphragm 4. rubber membrane 5. weatherboard skin

048per_Car vs House?

048per_detail weatherboard garage door

048per_ jacuzzi!?!

048per_DARK INVADER ‘BENT LIGHT’ Detail: WHO SAID LIGHT TRAVELS IN STRAIGHT LINES!

048per_GARDEN VISTA

Should the oversailing roof be extended? And whilst the grass count looks low (i.e. %)  that’s only due to the POV of this image…

048per_GREEN SPACE SAVING WC + BASIN