Church Bay

PHI Low Energy Building

Targeting PHI Low Energy Building

Designed to Homestar 8

Nestled to the Hill overlooking the secluded Kaioruru beach this family home, designed to meet the Homestar 8* accreditation, encapsulates healthy living with natural engagement. Two simple, acutely pivoting forms connected by glazed walkway embrace the expansive and dynamic setting while cradling its occupants in a warm, adaptable enclosure all year round. Alongside the main dwelling we were engaged to design an accompanying single bedroom, self contained unit tucked privately into the slope below.

  • Location: Kaioruru/Church Bay, Christchurch

    Built: In Construction. To be completed 2025

    Builder: Owner self build

    Structural Engineer: Healthy Home Cooperation

    MHRV Design: Fantech

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A hillside with dense green trees and shrubs, a modern house with large windows, and construction scaffolding on the hill, with a cloudy sky overhead.
Construction site with wooden platform and framing on a hillside, overlooking a green, hilly landscape with trees and power lines.
Wooden framing for a building under construction with a mountainous, forested landscape in the background.
Construction scaffolding on a building overlooking a lake and distant hills and mountains under a partly cloudy sky.