By Gel Architects
Named after the valleys and orchards that prospered in West Auckland during the early 1900’s, The Groves development offers a fresh and vibrant hub with contemporary, well designed and affordable homes.
The Groves are a collection of simple buildings, designed well. The forms and materials used hark back to the original horticultural land uses. Inspired by glasshouses and farm buildings, you can see these reflected in the roof forms and robust materials used. The precast concrete exterior walls and floors provide a high level of construction quality, while also allowing a comfortable and tempered living environment.
Project Team: Graeme Wrack, Tim Daniel, Sean Han, Mina Polasek, Nick Zhang
At Gel Architects we are committed to excellence in every aspect of our work. We design unique, site-specific, creative solutions and produce innovative, buildable and cost-effective results.
We love architecture, and we understand that careful design can help shape the fabric of our communities for the better. We design homes and workplaces that are beautiful to look at, practical to build, and a joy to live and work in.
We are new home, urban regeneration and masterplanning specialists. Sustainability is in the DNA of all our projects, with considerations such as efficient land use, using locally-sourced products, optimising solar access and reducing waste at the forefront of our thinking.
Gel Architects are an NZIA (New Zealand Institute of Architects) registered practice.