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Norrish House / Herbst
Architects: Herbst Architects Architects
Location: Great Barrier Island, Auckland 0991, New Zealand
Design Team: Lance Herbst, Nicola Herbst
Contractor: Ian Riggans 30 Apr 2012
Year: 2010 Under Pohutukawa /
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From the architect. A beach shelter for occupation during summer months on Kaitoke
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primary elements, a wall, a “container”, and the negative space between them.

To deal with very proximate neighbouring buildings along both long boundaries, the functions
that require complete weather protection; the bedrooms and bathroom, kitchen and lounge
and the boat garage, are grouped into a long container like structure and positioned along
the eastern boundary.

On the western boundary a gabion wall made of stone from a local quarry defines the edge.

The 2 positive elements are then connected by a roof structure which defines the pivotal
negative space between, the covered living deck.

The gabion wall anchors the light structure and holds the negative space while the container
peels open to connect the kitchen to the covered deck. Retractable screen walls on the
north and south faces of the living deck allow selective editing out of the prevailing winds
which blow from either SW or NE.

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Croco Dile +2
A very friendly looking house !
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kien nguyen 0
japanese :)
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