这个地方是一个大沙丘景观，铺满了Muehlenbeckia，从西南到东北起伏，一直到东海岸长长的海滩。规划限制规定从高水位线后退200米。设计方案要求建造一个有两间卧室的主屋和两个较小的露宿结构。
The site is a large dunescape, carpeted with Muehlenbeckia, which undulates and rolls SW to NE down to a long East Coast beach. Planning restrictions stipulated a 200m setback from the high-water mark. The brief called for a main house with 2 bedrooms and two smaller sleepout structures.
该地块的特质很特别：土地起伏柔和，海洋与天空形成的地平线非常强烈，不受干扰。
The qualities of the site are singular: softly undulating land and a very strong uninterrupted horizon line drawn by the ocean against the sky.
我们的概念是从这两个特点中产生的，一个简单的直角形被包裹在一个由木条组成的轻质雨幕中，雨幕的顶部边缘被锐利地切割，以引入一条强烈的水平线，反映出地平线并划分出建筑形式。雨幕的底部被切割成柔和的曲线，从概念上反映了周围的沙丘，并在景观中柔化了形式。雨幕描述了一个平台，房子的功能被安排在这个平台上。
Our concept emerges from these two singularities, a simple rectilinear form is sheathed in a light rainscreen of timber battens, the top edge of the rainscreen is sharply cut to introduce a strong horizontal line reflecting the horizon and delineating the built form. The underside of the rainscreen is cut to soft curves which conceptually mirror the surrounding dunes and soften the form in the landscape. The rainscreen describes a platform onto which the house functions are arranged.
在选址方面，沿200米后退线的可建区域位于沙丘的凹陷处，然而，在规划规则允许的最高处，海洋的景观是最好的。为了尽可能地靠近海滩，并最大限度地增加潜在的景观，但又要避免在景观中出现双层结构，我们在高架上建造建筑，然后重新平整周围的土地，使沙丘达到新的楼层水平。
In terms of siting; the buildable area along the 200m setback line was in a depression in the dunes, the view of the ocean however was established to be best at the highest that the planning rules would allow. In order to keep as close to the beach as possible, and to maximise the potential view but avoid a double storey structure in the landscape, we constructed the building on stilts then re-contoured the land around to building the bring the dunes to the new floor level.
场地上的三座建筑用木板路连接起来，漂浮在Muehlenbeckia之上，保留了沙丘景观的完整性。
The three buildings on the site are linked with boardwalks which float above the Muehlenbeckia and retain the integrity of the dunescape.
Architects: Herbst Architects
Area : 282 m²
Year : 2020
Photographs :Simon Wilson
Lead Architects : Lance Herbst, Nicola Herbst
Contractor : Steve Haycock Construction Ltd
Planner : Tattico
Structural Engineer : Sullivan Hall Chartered Engineers
Landscape Designer : Second Nature
Project Architect : Hannah Sharp
Country : New Zealand