ONETANGI PAVILIONS 2021-2025

A composition of shadow and an illuminated green courtyard. This addition to an existing home in Onetangi uses the stunning lush planting that the clients have created during their years of living in their existing home, in combination with their love for the deep shadows found in traditional Japanese courtyard architecture.

Two new pavilions are sited with the existing house to form a sun-catching / green courtyard, which is centred on an existing Golden Totara. Deep eaves with a knife-sharp edge detail emphasise the shadows caught under them. The threshold between courtyard and interior are layered with screens and sliding glass walls, creating a sense of living in a verandah.

The buildings are black inside and out , with one of the sevral screening layers in kwila.

This project has allowed for the development of the main themes that have dominated my work: ‘contained shadow’ and ‘contained light’, with the object of architecture being the material connector between both.

Construction Team;

Contractors: Mokoia Construction Ltd, Lloyd & Clive McMillan

Bathroom Cabinetry: Naked & Curious, Mark Lever

Robe Cabinetry: KP Kitchens Ltd

Microcement: Solid State Concrete, Isaac Tucker

Metalwork: Island Engineering

Cladding: Blackwood Project

Construction Period: 22 July 2024 - 14 July 2025

Architectural Team;

Soffit artwork (analogue and digital) and CNC routing: Madalena Refiti
Soffit digital files: Davis Wu

Site Architect: Lynda Simmons 2024-5

Tender Administration: SJA 2024

Contract Documentation: SJA (Sayes Jackson Architects) 2023

Resource Consent Documentation: Madalena Refiti 2023

Design Architect: Lynda Simmons 2021-3