Built work / Mt Maunganui, Bay of Plenty
Mt Maunganui Box
A first-floor box-perimeter pergola designed around the balustrade and outlook.
Discover the project- Location
- Mt Maunganui, Bay of Plenty
- Form
- Box-perimeter
- Footprint
- 8.67 m × 3.1 m
- Completed
- 2025
01 / The brief
Designed for this place.
Cover a first-floor deck while preserving the glass balustrade, outlook and natural light.
This Mt Maunganui project adds overhead cover to a first-floor deck on a contemporary dark-clad home. The box-perimeter frame gives the structure a strong architectural edge, while opal acrylic was selected in response to the brief for daylight and glare.
The roof was set out with a 5 degree fall and a hip-style junction at the outside end, allowing the cover to follow the deck geometry while keeping the perimeter line crisp from below and from the garden. Dark aluminium framing references the house cladding and joinery.
6 mm opal acrylic at a 5 degree fall with a hip-style end junction
02 / In detail
How it
comes together.
Dimensions, finishes and details from this completed project.
Discuss a similar project- Pergola form
- Box-perimeter
- Dimensions
- 8.67 m W × 3.1 m D
- Covered area
- 26.9 m²
- Roof pitch
- 5°
- Roof approach
- 6 mm opal acrylic at a 5 degree fall with a hip-style end junction
- Structure & finish
- Powder-coated aluminium, Opal acrylic
Structure & finish
The pergola uses a dark powder-coated aluminium frame with a strong box perimeter. The plan calls up 300 x 50 mm aluminium beams, 100 x 50 mm aluminium rafters and 150 x 150 mm posts, giving the deck cover a clean, deliberate profile.
- Dark aluminium box-perimeter frame
- 300 x 50 mm beam and 100 x 50 mm rafter layout
- 150 x 150 mm posts positioned to keep the deck edge open
Roof & glazing
Opal acrylic roofing spans the deck inside the box perimeter. The 5 degree fall establishes the drainage direction, while the hip-style end detail resolves the angled deck geometry.
- 6 mm opal acrylic glazing
- 5 degree roof fall
- Hip-style roof junction at the outside end
03 / Around the space
Look a little closer.
The frame, roof and living space, seen from every side.
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