This project is a direct response to the rigours of its steeply sloping site while maximising the views to Mahau Sound over treeferns below and the gentle curve of the hill.

The design achieves an informal home that sits lightly in its bush setting. Living spaces are contained within a high volume, open to the north and east to capture sun and views to the bay and bush canopy. Living and sleeping spaces open onto timber decks with carefully detailed railings to maintain the connection to native bush below. Simple materials of plywood batten cladding, sheet cladding and zincalume articulate the forms of the house and explore the idea of a "refined Sounds bach".