Tasman Bay House by Solarei Architecture

Tasman Bay House

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Tasman Bay House is situated overlooking Tasman Bay in the South Island of New Zealand. The four bedroom family house is designed to neatly sit within its landscape, optimise views of Tasman Bay to the East and surrounding landscape, concealed wind protected Western courtyard, maximised Northern sunlight exposure for passive solar gain and natural heating, natural ventilation and cooling strategies, and high performance building materials for health, comfort and energy efficiency. Large North facing masonry block walls capture abundant sunlight, thermally broken ground polished and exposed insulated concrete slabs store radiant sun light energy for natural heating, insulated doors and windows keep warmth inside the house, as well as Structurally insulated wall panels, Metal insulated roof panels, and airtight seals and wraps. An Eco cycle waste water treatment system, passively treats sewage, and rainwater is collected and stored onsite for drinking.

Tasman Bay House is situated overlooking Tasman Bay in the South Island of New Zealand. Read more

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Solarei Architecture

Tasman Bay House: A four-bedroom family residence designed to harmonize with its landscape, featuring optimal views, passive solar gain, natural ventilation, and high-performance materials for enhanced comfort and energy efficiency.

Tasman Bay House is situated overlooking Tasman Bay in the South Island of New Zealand.

The four bedroom family house is designed to neatly sit within its landscape, optimise views of Tasman Bay to the East and surrounding landscape, concealed wind protected Western courtyard, maximised Northern sunlight exposure for passive solar gain and natural heating, natural ventilation and cooling strategies, and high performance building materials for health, comfort and energy efficiency.

Large North facing masonry block walls capture abundant sunlight, thermally broken ground polished and exposed insulated concrete slabs store radiant sun light energy for natural heating, insulated doors and windows keep warmth inside the house, as well as Structurally insulated wall panels, Metal insulated roof panels, and airtight seals and wraps.

An Eco cycle waste water treatment system, passively treats sewage, and rainwater is collected and stored onsite for drinking.

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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