Valencia Apartments
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Details
Project date: 1999
Floor area: Thirteen apartments from 120m2 to 400m2 sqm + decks + garaging
Site area: 2000 sqm
Features
- U-shaped courtyard design over four-storeys
- Variation in access & designs to avoid loss of personal identity
- Soundproofed timber & gib lined construction
- Shared raised courtyard entry deck
- Curved parapet roofs & deck balustrades to give shape & interest to a reasonably large building
Products
Cladding: Plaster over polystyrene
Joinery: Aluminium
Roofing: Butynol on plywood
Balustrades: Plaster over polystyrene
Flooring: Particleboard
This large urban site is between the croquet lawn reserve and a quiet street, with the shopping centre, beach and harbour within easy walking distance. Thirteen residential apartments were designed around a large U-shaped courtyard. A generous stair leads past and over open garaging to a shared entry courtyard deck with front doors leading from this.
Views are provided both into the courtyard and to the harbour beyond and good light and a feeling of openness is achieved. More like grouped villas than apartments, this project follows our philosophy that apartments need to be large enough, and designed especially for, living all year round rather than just for holidays when the weather is warm.
Location: 29-33 May Street, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga Region, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
