| 73 T T Ange Davidson Design underpins high-performance Great design is profoundly important to achieve high-performance homes. AD Architecture ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2 Hutt Road, Thorndon Quay www.kitchenelements.co.nz Wellington Showroom 04 471 0303 DESIGN + MANUFACTURE+ INSTALL OF BESPOKE KITCHENS NATIONWIDE Proud to be YOUR LOCAL KAPITI COAST & HOROWHENUA BUILDERS How can we help you? New builds | Renovations | Outdoors kiel@kmjbuilders.co.nz | www.kmjbuilders.co.nz CALL KIEL ON 027 622 9035 Proudly Supporting AD Architecture QuickSet is an insulated, internally -braced and permanent formwork system for raft foundations that can exist either as a fully-insulated system or as edge insulation alone. Our patented system is a revolution in foundation design Incorporating the insulation panel with permanent formwork is a game changer. Designing high performance homes with an emphasis on healthy environment and energy efficiency is the focus of AD Architecture on the Kapiti Coast. Directors Peter Davis and Jon Ambler have been designing homes of all types on the Kapiti Coast and greater Wellington region for 30 years, establishing their own unique approach to achieving desirable, high-performance architecture through style, budget, environment, and function. “Good architectural design can achieve so much more than just a nice house. It can save you money through energy efficiency. People are really pleased to have a home with tangible benefits like extra insultation and thoughtful orientation that immediately pays back,” says Peter. Great design is profoundly important to achieve high-performance homes that can be built economically. Great design takes into consideration house site suitability, flexibility, energy efficiency, use of solar, and air quality to ensure it is not only practical, but efficient and enjoyable to live in. “We design houses that are highly functional, durable, energy efficient, healthy, and beautiful. Recent changes to the national housing rules have ushered in new urban intensification mandates, with the Kapiti Coast District Council including medium density housing in most residential areas and high-density development around town centres and transport nodes such as the centre of Paraparaumu, and within 800 metres of train stations in Paekākāriki, Paraparaumu, and Waikanae where six storey buildings are now permitted. This intensification is being led, at a small scale, by out-of-town developers. Peter believes the Kapiti Coast is still waiting for economic indicators to support new builds and land development as the post-Covid economic downturn has slowed progress. “Unlike Auckland or Queenstown, the Kapiti Coast doesn’t suffer the extremes of the boomand-bust rollercoaster but having been in the business for 30 years, you do see the economy go up and down locally and regionally,” believes Peter. The aftermath of Covid had Architects and Designers run off their feet due to the generous economic stimulus and closed borders. People with no-where to go turned their focus on building new homes or renovations. “That tap has now turned off and there’s been a significant decrease in the number of people doing new builds and more focus on renovations of varying sizes as people hunker down with their existing property. The building industry is slowing down as it has caught up with the post-Covid rush. It’s a crystal ball exercise to know when things will improve,” he says. “That tap has now turned off and there’s been a significant decrease in the number of people doing new builds and more focus on renovations.” When the economy does pick up, the hope is that recent updates to the building code will deliver on for better insulated homes. AD Architecture would say that these code changes don’t go far enough and believe their pragmatic and energy-efficient design approach will continue to delight their customers. With the new Medium Density Development Rules now in place, there is greater scope for developing properties on the Kapiti Coast as a stand-alone home or maximising a section’s potential by building up to three homes on the site.
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