Trends New Zealand Trends Volume 31 No 4 New Zealand | Page 134
Above and right: This bedroom
overlooks a green roof. Windows
have been coated with EnduroShield
to minimise the need for cleaning.
Black and white tiles in pixellated
patterns enliven the bathrooms.
Facing page: The glass door at
the rear of the house is an electric
horizontal folding door that can open
up the entire space to the outdoors.
Story by Colleen Hawkes
Photography by Danny Kildare
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In keeping with the green
approach, there are solar tubes
on the rooftop. These heat
water that is then diverted
to an underground storage
cell beneath the house, which
keeps the water at a temperature of around 25°C. This
water is used to heat the concrete floor slab as required, and
also fills the hot water tank.
A cross ventilation system
helps to keep the house cool in
summer, so air conditioning is
seldom required.
There is also an underground
3500-litre
water
storage tank to irrigate the
rooftop and vertical gardens,
and a suspended outdoor
table incorporating a waterfall
between sheets of glass.
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