Dorrington Atcheson Architects

Marine Parade

Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington

MARINE PARADE

Dorrington Atcheson Architect

Architects
Dorrington Atcheson Architect

Location
Auckland, New Zealand

Category
Houses

Area
404.0 sqm

Project Year
2013

Photographs
Emma-Jane Hetherington

Builder
Straight Line Building, Henry Dunham Building

Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington
Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington

Text description provided by architect.

Built in the 1970s, this cedar-clad home with its multi-gabled roof was typical of an era when split-level design was the height of architectural acuity.

Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington
Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington

Undoubtedly, the layout possessed a certain labyrinthian appeal, but a warren of rooms was not conducive to easy family living.

Retaining the charm of the building along with some quality materials was integral to this extensive two-stage alteration. The aim was to make the spaces bigger, to tidy up the material palette and, externally, to re-present the overall mass and street appeal of the property.

Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington
Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington

In Stage One, the interiors were re-defined, and a pavilion that flows out from the central core beneath a new fold of the roof was added.

This houses a kitchen, living area and, behind a three-quarter height room divider, a cosy dining nook – a nod to that 70s style.

Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington
Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington

Sarked ceilings and tongue-and-groove walls emulate the linearity and warmth of those in the original home, while built-in furniture such as cabinetry, shelving units and a breakfast pantry that juts through the external wall, are designed as separate elements in the space.

Disguising the gables was an important part of the Stage Two process, a delicate balancing act between modernising the look, yet melding in with the colonial villas of the neighbourhood.

Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington
Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington

A new two-storey box intersects with the main form of the home; it contains a bedroom and en suite, with a garage below.

This cube is defined architecturally by fine cedar battening, an element that is repeated to hide the main gable over the upper storey of the dwelling.

Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington
Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington
Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington

A playful material fluidity is seen in the garden fence which wraps its way behind the garage of the box to reappear as cladding on the ground level of the original home.

Marine Parade
© Emma-Jane Hetherington
Marine Parade


Marine Parade
Elevation
Marine Parade
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Marine Parade
First Floor Plan

Dorrington Atcheson Architects
T +64 9 3616688
Dorrington Atcheson Architects
36 Monmouth Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021, New Zealand