Today I wanted to do a little mini study. I talked to the Argentinian a little yesterday and he mentioned some of the houses on top of the ridge lines and how they must have had somebody on the council in order to get approval to build the houses there. I decided to check this out and how these houses affect the views and perhaps ruin the small community feel of Piha.
Most of the houses that breach the skyline are very Mc-mansion type million dollar houses. One of them is rumored to be a hotel and will be rented out to people in order to soak up some of the building cost. The other one that really stood out has an enormous driveway in order to get up to it and the mountain top is nearly cut clean and has grass. It is beyond obvious and stands out quite a bit compared to the surrounding vegetation loaded hills. I think both these two houses stick out for a few large reasons. One being the sharp angles in comparison to the irregular and more organic shape of the surrounding vegetation. Two the colors seem to be bright and are rather intrusive, I'm curious if a more natural earth tone type color would conceal the houses better. and Three the clear cutting of vegetation for views out of the house. It makes sense for someone to build a house on the top of a mountain so they could have an outward view rather then surround the windows by trees but the houses go above the treeline which makes them stand out even more.
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