Waimea
Plains

Waimea Plains Residential Housing

Waimea
Plains

The masterplan for Waimea Plains village offers a new approach to retirement living focused on placemaking, social interaction, and solar access, with a layout that helps create connections and wider community integration.

The largest site area and first phase of the village is devoted to 160 individual single storey residential villas in a mix of three bed, two bed and 1.5 bed units. Conceptually, villas are organised in a series of clusters – four to eight villas grouped around a courtyard, fanning a series of cul-de-sac neighbourhoods.

A 484m2 clubhouse amenity building, completed in 2020, provides residents with further opportunities for social connection.

Waimea Plains

Overlapping groupings of ‘green neighbourhoods’ and ‘courtyard neighbourhoods’ are designed to create strong social networks.

Arvida Waimea Plains

Villas open onto communal green space, which residents can use for recreation and social activities, moving around or just saying hello.

Arvida Waimea Plains
Arvida Waimea Plains
Arvida Waimea Plains
Arvida Waimea Plains

The design brief for the clubhouse building called for a contemporary villa with flexible spaces.

The colonial architectural style references the history of the location, with contemporary forms incorporated through the roofscape and grand internal spaces.

Client: Arvida

Location: Tasman

Status: Completed 2023

In association with: Six Degrees Architects

Ben Wisbey, JTB Architects

Ben Wisbey

Associate

Wellington

Sam Lim, JTB Architects

Sam Lim

Associate

Christchurch