How two Wellington couples built a house each on a difficult sloping site

Two Wellington couples tackled the housing crisis by building two separate homes on a steep, undesirable Miramar site. The project, involving architects from Space Craft Architects, saw them pool resources to construct two distinct, three-story houses on a challenging 406sqm section.

While sharing a material palette of macrocarpa and concrete, the homes have unique internal layouts—one open-plan, the other using "broken planning." By utilising "marginal land" and DIY, they created affordable, high-quality homes with a strong community benefit.