With plans to renovate their history laden family home the clients of Mānuka Hill were looking for a relaxing, big and open family space where the kitchen is the heart of the home. We responded with a strong intervention, punching through the existing home and creating a juxtaposition between the old and the new. This division is mirrored on the interior where the programme of the home is clearly defined into public and private spaces.

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Drawing on the form of a historic glass house, which used to be situated down on the lawn, we flipped the weight of the structure on its head. An aesthetically weighty upper volume perches above a light glass plinth, the heavy form a nod to the clients speciality in concrete work.

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