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Architecture Design of Mahuika House

Description About The Project

Mahuika House is a beautiful holiday home in New Zealand that was designed by Daniel Marshall Architects. The house built in a small clearing where the dense native bush had grown back, and the macrocarpa trees replaced by thousands of native plants. With its own sewage treatment and solar power system, the house can be entirely self-sufficient. Indeed, the house is a wonderful place for the clients, who wanted to connect back to their native Aotearoa with a 20m pool.

The house carefully designed to blend in with the natural surroundings. The architects considered the dense native bush and the existing stream and placed the swimming pool under the main pavilion. The bedrooms cascade down the hill, and the main living pavilion situated where the old Villa once stood. Unfortunately, an accidental fire destroyed the two upper pavilions in February 2020, but the lower concrete pavilions almost undamaged. The house rebuilt and completed in February 2021.

In addition to this, the glass pavilion is a unique feature of Mahuika House. It takes advantage of the three different conditions – the coast, stream, and the dense native bush – that operate simultaneously, with limited space available on the site. Without damaging any native trees, the architects placed the swimming pool under the main pavilion. This created an intimating pool area and a dramatic cantilever of 6m for the living pavilion above. Overall, the house is a stunning example of how a modern building can exist harmoniously with the natural environment.

The Architecture Design Project Information:

Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall

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Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall
Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall

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Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall
The living room of Mahuika House extends almost 20 feet (6m) over the 65-foot (20m) swimming pool. Hence, creating a partially shaded area below.
Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall

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Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall
Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall

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Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall
Also, pavilion surrounded by native plants between the levelled heights of the natural landscape.
Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall

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Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall
Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall
Also, the collaboration between modern and natural lifestyle designed throughout the open plan of kitchen, living and dinning.

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Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall
Modern furnished rooms directed towards the sea-coastal view outlook.
Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall

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Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall
Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall

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Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall
The plan of Mahuika House.
Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall

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Mahuika House with spaces extend over the pool below by Daniel Marshall

The Mahuika House Gallery:


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Text by the Architects: Colonisation saw the burning and clearing of the native forest in the bay during the late 19th century. A Villa was constructed on the site in 1905 and a boathouse constructed in the 1970s blocked the mouth of the stream. A queen palm stood at the rear of the Villa as the shore dominated by giant macrocarpa that darkened the valley.

Photo credit: Sam Hartnett | Source: Daniel Marshall Architects

For more information about this project; please contact the Architecture firm :
– Add: 472 Karangahape Road, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1145, New Zealand
– Tel: +64 9 354 3587
– Email: info@marshall-architect.co.nz

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