Mt Maunganui Box

The brief This Mt Maunganui project covers a first-floor deck on a contemporary dark-clad home, creating a sheltered outdoor space without making the interior or deck feel heavy. The box-perimeter frame gives the structure a strong architectural edge, while the opal acrylic roof softens glare and keeps daylight moving through the deck and adjacent rooms. Design constraint Cover a first-floor deck while preserving the glass balustrade, outlook and natural light. Sanctuary's response The roof was set out with a 5 degree fall and a hip-style junction at the outside end, allowing the cover to follow the deck geometry while keeping the perimeter line crisp from below and from the garden. Dark aluminium framing ties back into the house cladding and joinery, so the pergola reads as part of the original architecture rather than an add-on.