Positioned high up on a land form several hundred metres above the Pacific Ocean, Pakiri Beach House calmly winds itself along the extensive and panoramic ridgeline.
Created as a quiet retreat for an extended Auckland family, the general sense of building permanence is enhanced with the external material composition of natural stone walls, cedar weatherboard cladding, and copper trim detailing, together with “Eurotray” profiled wide pan metal roofing.
Four distinct building wings are laid out across the daily sun cycle along Greenwood Road ridgeline, and go to separate the interior spatial composition with a three suite guest wing to the east, a private family wing out to the west, a utility service wing out to the south, each connected to a central two level communal Living/Dining/Kitchen/Night Room wing. The overall plan configuration merges into the surrounding land form contours, and allows the extensive wind patterns to be dispersed in and around the general building mass.
The interior spatial volume of each internal room plays its own separate role in the building composition. Two storey Living Room spaces are positioned beside lower level sloping and horizontal ceiling planes. Extensive north glazing wall sections open the interior east around to west sequence of rooms, out to the distant Pacific Ocean panorama, allowing generous qualities of natural light to penetrate to entire interior plan configuration.
