Ulenberg Eco-Architects

Videos

DIY videos to help explain various facets of natural and earthen building.

Martin Ulenberg
ANZIA Registered Architect

Focusing on ecologically sensitive design. Specialist in earthen & natural materials, & heritage restoration & renovation.

martin@ulenberg.co.nz
+64 21 1377 778
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Sketches

Various sketches of original house designs.

Hempcrete house, Waipu, Northland

Off-grid, hempcrete home to be owner built in Waipu, Northland.

Straw bale house, Te Arai Point, Auckland

Off-grid, straw bale, buck and beam home in Te Arai Point, Auckland.

Mud brick tiny house, Taumarunui

Storey and a half, adobe, tiny home in the central plateau of the North Island, New Zealand.

Mud brick community hall, Golden Bay

Viking longhouse inspired, multipurpose, community whare in Pūponga, Golden Bay.

Light earth cottage, Great Barrier Island

Light earth cottage on Great Barrier Island to be owner and community built.

Cottage restoration & mud brick studio, Wairarapa

Restoration of the classic Chapman-Taylor cottage “Ehuma”, built in 1933 in South Wairarapa, with an Adobe studio adjacent.

Hempcrete, Coromandel

Hempcrete home on the outskirts of town to be owner buit.

Rammed earth, Whangārei Heads, Northland

Rammed earth home on a hill with amazing pastoral views, to be owner buit.

Country cottage, Auckland

Traditionally proportioned home on the rural outskirts of Auckland. The design has been split into three sections or ‘mini houses’ to better reflect the scale of petite historic cottages.

Rammed earth, Waipu

Rammed earth and light timber frame home with guest house on a ridge line overlooking Bream Bay. The house is being built in two stages.

Internal adobe veneer, Silverdale

Internal adobe veneer home on the rural outskirts of Auckland. The home was designed by Graeme North about 8 years ago and we are now developing the concept into construction documentation.

Light earth duplex, Auckland

Affordable light earth duplex in the central Auckland suburbs with charred cypress rainscreen cladding and an edible garden.

Straw bale, Kerikeri

Straw bale and timber frame home outside of Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands. The home is based on permaculture principles and uses passive solar design.

Timber cruck frame, Auckland

Timber cruck frame home in the central Auckland suburbs. The curved cruck frame may be formed out of local pohutukawa. The house will have double stud walls insulated with expanded perlite.