Project Overview

When tasked with revitalizing a piece of history, combining modern design with traditional elements can be challenging. That’s exactly what Mike Greer Homes faced when they took on a project at Hobsonville Point, the site of a former army barracks. The development, comprising 27 lots ranging from terraced homes to apartments, needed to honour the site’s military past while providing the durability and aesthetic appeal of contemporary construction.

For this complex task, Mike Greer Homes entrusted Manson to deliver custom aluminium solutions that would seamlessly blend the old with the new. The project demanded more than 7 tonnes of aluminium extrusions and plates, along with 195 linear meters of balustrades. The architectural design paid homage to the original barracks by incorporating asymmetrical gabled rooflines, or “saltbox” designs—an iconic feature of 17th and 18th-century American colonial architecture that has since become popular in modern urban landscapes.