Passive, Low Energy & High-Performance Home Design | Auckland, Queenstown & NZ

At Origin Architecture, we specialize in low-energy, high-performance home design using Formance Structural Insulated Panels (SIP panels) to create sustainable, energy-efficient homes. As a leader in eco-friendly residential architecture in Auckland, Queenstown, and across New Zealand, we integrate passive design principles, superior insulation, and airtight construction to minimize energy consumption and maximize comfort.

Our passive SIP panel home designs offer exceptional thermal performance, improved indoor air quality, and faster construction times, reducing heating and cooling costs while enhancing durability. Whether you're planning a new build or an energy-efficient renovation, our expertise ensures a smarter, healthier, and more sustainable home.

Bespoke or Pre-designed

Origin offers both custom and pre-designed plans for your new high-performance home, with each design adaptable to meet your specific needs and site requirements.

Modern tiny house with glass walls and wooden exterior, surrounded by plants, at dusk.
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Low energy living.

Living in a high performing home means higher levels of comfort, lower energy bills and lower carbon emissions.

More than any part of your home, the building envelope has the biggest impact on how energy efficient your home will be.

Energy efficiency is effortlessly achieved with the Origin SIP (structural insulated panel) system. With skins of structural sheathing laminated on either side of a rigid foam core the SIP panel is strong, light, and incredibly well insulated.

 SIP panels are used in place of traditional framing to enclose your home in a high-performance building envelope protecting you from the elements and ensuring world-class levels of energy efficiency.

 

Modern black house with large windows and terrace, surrounded by trees and greenery.

Why choose an Origin low energy home?

  • High quality, architecturally designed home by Origin Architecture Ltd.

  • Above standard design giving you a warmer, healthier home.

  • Cost effective and time efficient construction using SIP panel system.

  • Airtight design for minimal heat loss reducing energy bills.

  • Origin has extensive experience with SIP panel design and construction with many completed projects throughout the country.

  • We can cater to all budgets and design requirements.

  • We can cater to all regions of New Zealand.

Origin is an official Formance design partner

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Our work.

  • Modern black house with large windows and outdoor patio, surrounded by greenery and trees.

    Baddelys Beach

  • Modern black house with large windows, a car parked under a cantilevered section, surrounded by trees and greenery.

    Baddelys Beach

  • Modern wooden house with large windows and metal roof, surrounded by trees and garden; clear blue sky in background.

    Omaha Valley Barn

  • Queenstown- Eco Pod

  • Modern cabin with deck on stilts in lush forested area

    Queenstown- Eco Pod

  • Modern house exterior with black metal roof, white brick walls, large windows, a driveway, a parked car, and surrounding trees.

    Onehunga

  • Modern black house with large windows, surrounded by grass and landscaping, with mountain and tree backdrop.

    Jacks Point

  • Modern black house exterior with sloped roof, large windows, garage, and a car parked on driveway; surrounded by greenery and mountains in the background.

    Jacks Point

  • Modern minimalist house with wooden siding and a metal roof, surrounded by greenery and blue sky.

    Origin Barn

  • Modern black house with large windows, wooden deck, and outdoor chairs, surrounded by trees and grass.

    Origin- Minor dwelling

  • Construction site with wooden framework and crane

    Tutukaka home

  • Modern house with sloped roof, number 3, surrounded by landscaped greenery, featuring large windows and a wooden fence.

    Japonica

  • Modern wooden tiny house with large glass windows, cozy interior lighting, surrounded by plants.

    Piha

  • Modern wooden cabin with large windows in a forest setting, surrounded by grass and trees, with a deck and a lounge chair.

    Cooks Beach

  • Coromandel

  • Modern small wooden house with large windows, surrounded by green trees and grass.

    Origin- Baby Barn

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