Seatoun HOUSE,
WELLINGTON

Project Description

Located at the very end of the Burnham Street sub-division this house has been designed and built on a very tight budget on a very steep site.

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Commissioned as a new family home for a young family the house is loosely based on the familiar cantilevered box form floating over the garage structure.

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The residence is defined by the very steep site which had previously had a number of houses designed for it, but none that were able to be built. 

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The view was paramount, as was the north facing aspect to enjoy as much sunlight as possible throughout the day. 

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The clients had stayed in a recently completed project in Auckland with a similar flow but different style and wanted to borrow from that layout with the remainder of the house to flow off the central living spaces. 

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Planning rules were very tight with access, earthworks, archeological heritage and neighbor proximity concerns all prevalent which informed much of the buildings shape and location on the site. 

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Materials were largely considered with the budget in mind. 

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Retaining walls were a significant component within this project and have been carefully stepped up the steep slope with masonry and anchors.