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small designer container house on sloping section

I have a section in Stanmore Bay, Whangaparaoa, Auckland. It is 1282 sq meters and sloping north to south. Height difference is about 12 meters. I have a topo survey in PDF and DXF forms. Ideally, I need to design a driveway (this is a back section), two small houses (70 – 200 meters) and prepare the plan for subdividing the section into two lots and help me along the way with council consents. I decided to post two different jobs: one for house and one for driveway, but if you are keen on both – let’s discuss. This is the "design a small container house" job I want to have a small house of about 75 - 200 square meters built from shipping containers. 20' high cube and 40' high cube containers. For than I need an architect design ready for building consent submission to Rodney council. The reason that I don't have exact house area specified is because the house needs to be cleverly positioned to get sun, seaview and be below 8 meter high on my super-sloping section. Also, I'm planning to subdivide the section later, so second house footprint needs to be accounted for and having a shared driveway on this section accounts for a big part of 60% impervious surface. This house's roof will also be at the same level as driveway (close to the section entry), so it needs to be moved as far away from it as possible, while still being able to subdivide the section. So some very clever design is required. The containers will be insulated inside + GIB and cladded with wooden planks outside (see some design photos). Hitech design inside + cubism outside.