Pahi House by Solarei Architecture

Pahi House

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Pahi House, Kaipara Harbour, Northland, New Zealand. Grand Winner '13th Green Home of the Year Awards, USA Green Builder Magazine' - International Green Building Competition Pahi House is situated on a steep site overlooking the Kaipara Harbour. The steepness of the site, orientation to views, Northern sunlight exposure, determined positioning and layout of the house. Passive solar, natural ventilation, passive design, thermal envelope, airtightness, and summer and winter climate design where key design drivers. The house collects and stores over 40,000L of rainwater, and has a natural wormarator waste system.

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Award-winning Pahi House, designed for optimal passive solar and natural ventilation, features a sustainable rainwater collection system and innovative waste management, all while offering stunning views of Kaipara Harbour.

Pahi House, Kaipara Harbour, Northland, New Zealand.

Grand Winner '13th Green Home of the Year Awards, USA Green Builder Magazine' - International Green Building Competition

Pahi House is situated on a steep site overlooking the Kaipara Harbour. The steepness of the site, orientation to views, Northern sunlight exposure, determined positioning and layout of the house. Passive solar, natural ventilation, passive design, thermal envelope, airtightness, and summer and winter climate design where key design drivers. The house collects and stores over 40,000L of rainwater, and has a natural wormarator waste system.

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“We chose to work with Duncan at Solarei, after considering other options as he was the only one who had a focus on building an environmental passively designed house within our budget. He had a sensible design approach, had allot of patience, as we had lots of questions, ideas, and revisions. Our site had a tight building platform and he managed to squeeze allot of house onto the site without compromising the overall passive solar design, passive design strategies, or overall architectural design. He responded promptly to our emails and was fun to work with. As our house is under construction currently, I can see how important the work at the design stage is. I would recommend him to those who are looking at an environmental passively designed, eco-friendly home”.”

Robert Wilks and Sally Murdoch, Tasman, New Zealand