SIPs design and build

Martin Conway, Redwood Valley.

A SIPs-built home in black long-run corrugate with a rust-clad workshop wing and a rural outlook.

LocationRedwood Valley, Tasman

TypeSIPs architectural

Key featureBlack corrugate, workshop wing

The site and the brief

A rural, tree-backed site and a brief for a warm, low-maintenance home with generous garaging.

Designed Around One Table

Built with structural insulated panels, so the envelope and performance were locked in at design stage. The panels were craned in and closed the home up quickly and tightly.

The black corrugate SIPs home nearing completion on its rural Redwood Valley site — Nearing completion on site

“The panels were craned in and closed the home up quickly and tightly.”

Designed Around One Table · Martin Conway

Built in the Open

Open-book pricing the whole way.

The result

A long, gable-roofed home in black long-run corrugate, warmed by a rust-clad garage and workshop wing, with a roof skylight and large aluminium sliders opening to the outlook.

The finished long, gable-roofed home in black long-run corrugate at Martin Conway, Redwood Valley — The finished exterior

Materials and performance

Martin Conway is built from structural insulated panels, craned into place to close the home up quickly and tightly. Black long-run corrugate wraps both walls and roof.

A roof skylight brings the sun into the plan, and large aluminium sliders open the living spaces to the rural outlook beside the rust-clad workshop wing.

A crane lowering structural insulated panels into place during the Martin Conway build — Craning in the SIPs panelsMartin Conway

Structural insulated wall panels being set during construction at Martin Conway, Redwood Valley — SIPs panels going upMartin Conway

The specification

Location: Redwood Valley, Tasman
Type: SIPs architectural
Envelope: Structural insulated panels
Cladding and roof: Black long-run corrugate; timber and rust workshop wing
Joinery: Aluminium sliders
Airtightness: Pro Clima
Ventilation: Heat-recovery ventilation
Guarantee: 10-year guarantee

Products and partners: Pro Clima

The systems behind this home

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Good questions

Martin Conway, answered.

Why build Martin Conway with structural insulated panels?

SIPs lock the envelope and its performance in at design stage, and being craned into place closed the home up quickly and tightly on this rural Redwood Valley site.

What is the workshop wing at Martin Conway?

A rust-clad garage and workshop wing sits alongside the main black-corrugate home, giving the owners generous garaging without competing with the house for attention.

What roofing and cladding does Martin Conway use?

Black long-run corrugate wraps both the walls and the roof, a low-maintenance, weather-tight choice for a rural Redwood Valley site.

Does Martin Conway have heat-recovery ventilation?

Yes, working with the Pro Clima airtightness layer over the structural insulated panel envelope.

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