The development comprises ten two-bedroom homes, five three-bedroom homes and two four-bedroom homes. The site's transformation is typical of the work GJ Gardner Homes is undertaking for Housing New Zealand and other developer clients across Auckland to make more efficient use of land and build warmer, drier and safer homes for people.
The development, delivered under budget, has also achieved New Zealand Green Building Council 6 Homestar Design rating certification and has unique features, such as solar-powered street lights and recycled planter boxes for tenant use.
The design reflects innovative thinking in its site planning initiatives; recognising and building on existing neighbourhood development patterns to provide increased density in a manner complementary to the surrounding built environment. In addition, site planning strategies aimed to locate higher density duplex units further into the site, away from the street.
The contemporary building design, by architects Monk Mackenzie, uses a limited material palette and a number of key forms. Tall building masses, split-plan duplex layouts, rhythmically repeated gable roof forms and large, simple window compositions all help to modulate building mass and mitigate the development's visual density.
Perhaps one new tenant's quiet comment on the development says it all: "I love it and am thankful for it. It's much better than my previous property."
For details, contact GJ Gardner Homes, phone 0800 424 546. Web: www.gjgardner.co.nz
Credit list
Owner and developer
Housing New Zealand Corporation
Development manager
Jo Charlton
Construction
GJ Gardner Homes
Services, structural & mechanical engineer
Terra Group
Project manager
Lito Magadia, Chris Clayton
PCNZ Rider Levett Bucknall Property Awards
21 Jun, 2017