Cheshire

Location:

Wellington

Completed:

2021

Project type:

  • Apartment & studio

Construction:

  • Structure: Structural Insulated Panels
  • Windows: timber frame, triple glazed
  • Cladding: trapezoidal profile pre-painted steel
  • Services: Separate MVHR/HP-HWC

Performance:

14 kWh/m2/year

Certification:

Passive House certification

Awards

Master Builders House of the Year Awards 2023 - Gold - New Home $1-1.5m category

Restrictive legal constraints combined with challenging site topography and ground conditions drove a unique design response to an ambitious brief. The client wished to develop a small rear section on a Wellington hillside into a Passive House apartment and attached studio unit.

Photo credit: Andy Spain Photography

Studio unit is available for rent on AirBnB

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Cheshire – night view deck