Innholdsfortegnelse for September-October 2022 i Architecture NZ

BY NOW, MUCH OF AOTEAROA New Zealand knows what a ‘long-lived atmospheric river’ is and just how much devastation one can wreak, especially when it parks overhead for several days. One landed on our shores on 16 August. As NIWA meteorologist Tristan Meyers explained, atmospheric rivers are huge plumes of moisture that move from the tropics to the mid-latitudes. When such a river hits another weather event or encounters New Zealand’s mountainous terrain, vast amounts of water vapour are “squeezed” out, falling as heavy rain or snow. In this instance, the plume squeezed out torrential rain, well over a month’s worth, over four days. What is unusual, exceptional perhaps, says NIWA, is the amount of moisture in the atmosphere – “unprecedented for August in climatological data going back to 1959”.…

TAURANGA TO BE HOME TO LARGEST TIMBER OFFICE BUILDING Warren and Mahoney’s 90 Devonport, a 10,000m2, eight-storey, mass timber office building in Tauranga for property developer Willis Bond, is targeting a low-embodied-carbon footprint, with the use of a mass timber structure replacing traditional concrete and steel elements. Leased by Tauranga City Council over a 15-year agreement, the building will accommodate all council staff under one roof and the architects are working with Willis Bond, Tauranga City Council and mana whenua to incorporate mātauranga Māori principles throughout the design. Sustainable benefits are key drivers for the project. “Warren and Mahoney’s goal is for all new projects to be net-carbon zero in operation, be 50 per cent more energy efficient and have 40 per cent less embodied carbon by 2030,” says architect…

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY FROM A CERTAIN angle, you can see WallÉ,1 read into the east, street-facing elevation, behind a large pin oak tree on a narrow central-city site. His head and eyes the top floor, his pivoting waist at mid-level and, below, the engine room of the small, waste-collecting robot, made famous by Pixar in 2008. But you can also see a building where sculpted cut-out slots let in light and life above the concrete boundary walls, not dissimilar in concept to Matra Architects’ Kaleka House in Delhi. In his Essay from India,2 architect Jeremy Smith points to the concrete house as one with an interest in boundaries, in a country that has long been testing boundary relationships. This story of Irving Smith Architects’ new studio in Nelson is as…

HOUSING 01 Acacia Bay Gables House Fraser Cameron Architects 02 Aigéan, Opito Bay Bull O’Sullivan Architecture 03 Casper’s House Glamuzina Architects and Dessein Parke in association 04 Fillmore House Evelyn McNamara Architecture 05 MV House Cate Creemers 06 Number 22 Brendon Gordon Architects “From a distance, this coastal beach home resembles a UFO nestled in the Coromandel countryside. On closer inspection, this zinc armadillo-clad beach home is a delightful juxtaposition of crisp angles contrasted with the lush, undulating beachscape.” 07 Park Vue Brendon Gordon Architects 08 Sisters Sanctuary Edwards White Architects 09 View Point Architecture Bureau 10 Twin Aspects Edwards White Architects 11 Waimataruru Pac Studio and Kristina Pickford Design in association 12 Waterhouse Family Home Bull O’Sullivan Architecture “A single sloping roof form on the stunning Coromandel coast follows…

HOUSING 01 Tukituki House Parsonson Architects 02 Nelson House Clarkson Architects “Set on a rural lifestyle block beneath Te Mata Peak, this low-slung house gently follows the contours of the land, under a long, single roof pitch. Stepped floor levels are deftly managed to help define a well-considered sequence of living, family and bedroom spaces, and views of the dramatic ridge line are carefully framed, treasuring this whenua.” JURORS Richard Daniels (convenor), Ben Jagersma, Sara Heuser, Helene Van Wyk and Alex Laurie (graduate).…

AN INEXPLICABLE LATE interest in George Harrison had me searching out an interesting podcast on the evolution of his My Sweet Lord song. It revealed, yet again, what a wildly inaccurate understanding of the world I have. I had thought that, between gigs, George had slumped down backstage with a complimentary hotel biro, scratched out a verse or two, then took them to the band where they all sorted out the chord sequences. “Money for old rope” my father would say. It wasn’t like that at all. There was a niggling sort of an idea that Harrison carried around for months before making a rough draft with a couple of mates. Then followed a period of assembling mass guitarists, keyboard players, percussionists and the frightening ‘wall of sound’ producer Phil Spector…

In the long haul that is the daily graft of architecture, the Brick Bay Folly joins a very few other project types offering a fairly quick turnaround testing of one’s ideas, blessedly free of bureaucratic involvement. The folly competitors implicitly take advantage of these conditions and offer projects that give an insight to the current architectural zeitgeist. The finalists in this year’s competition, for example, all exhibit a commitment to the responsible use of materials and sensitivity to the responsibilities of Te Tiriti. Some have also proposed projects that explore the possibilities implicit in the folly’s brief existence. 500 trees is inspired by the impermanence of a dandelion: nurturing, then, after the folly’s two-year lifespan, dispersing the fledgling kauri. Sharing Brick Bay’s vision of sustainability, the structure’s materials are recycled…

NOT BALCONIES, COVERED DECKS OR verandahs. Garden rooms. Call them what you will, they’re undoubtedly the distinctive feature of the 246 high-quality apartments spread over three multilevel blocks beside Greenlane West road, now home to some 700 residents. That and the fact that half of these rooms overlook the Alexandra Park horse-racing track, featuring floodlit weekly harness racing on Thursday or Friday evenings. In this context, ‘garden room’ seems a misnomer. Trackside, the outside rooms feel like you’re in your own corporate box at a stadium, particularly so when the racecourse floodlights are on full. The large, covered balconies erupt in a frenzy of white patterning all over the three buildings’ façades. An array of screen designs – various combinations of fixed, white fritted glass panels and balustrades, and white…

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COMMERCIAL 01 Holiday Inn Queenstown Remarkables Park Plus Architecture EDUCATION 02 Te Kura Pakihi – Otago Business School Mason & Wales Architects 03 Richard Hudson Kindergarten McCoy Wixon Architects HOSPITALITY 04 EBB-Dunedin Gary Todd Architecture PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN 05 Holiday Inn Express & Suites Queenstown McAuliffe Stevens “Utilising a clever planning strategy, this transformation of a residential city block looks to address the perennial Queenstown issue of seeking northern light whilst addressing a sloping site with many planning and infrastructure constraints.” HOUSING 06 Terrace Edge Anna-Marie Chin Architects 07 Crown Range Retreat Assembly Architects 08 Cliffs Road House bell + co architecture and Saunders Architecture 09 Lower Shotover House Bureaux 10 Ross Campion House Rafe Maclean Architects 11 Jack’s Point Retreat Mason & Wales Architects “The combination of the…

WATERSIDE LIVING Construction has begun on Willis Bond’s Catalina Bay apartments at the northernmost end of Auckland’s Hobsonville Point. Designed by Architectus, the waterfront homes follow on from the stage one restoration and refurbishment of seven heritage Royal New Zealand Air Force buildings, including the Sunderland Hangar, into a mix of offices, eateries and retail space. “The benefit of a master planned precinct like this is that all facets have been considered to build a forward-focused, sustainable seaside community,” says Willis Bond Managing Director Development, David McGuinness. “We’ve already seen increased ferry sailings direct from Catalina Bay to the city and great progress on the landscaping works in the precinct.” The project, which is targeting a 7 to 8 Homestar rating, combines a row of terraced houses with apartments above…

This year, the Interior Awards ceremony returned to the stunning heritage venue of St Matthew-in-the City in Auckland. The sold-out event on Thursday 14 July saw more than 360 guests from the design and architecture industries, together with their clients and project collaborators, celebrating the winners and the finalists across the programme’s 10 categories. “The jury was incredibly privileged to see such a wide selection of projects from across the motu, with our shortlisted projects all demonstrating exceptional care, thought, effort and craftsmanship,” said Amanda Harkness, awards convenor and Architecture NZ interior editor. “Our Supreme Award winner, Te Rau Karamu Marae, by Te Kāhui Toi and Athfield Architects, is the architectural and cultural embodiment of mana and a landmark for future generations.” Emcees Jason Hoyte and Mike Minogue, Te Wehi…

WELL, WELL, MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN HAS BEEN up to architectural shenanigans, aginagain. Just when I thought I had his number attached to a frenetic canned design in Cass Bay, he goes back to the straight and narrow with Gustorob, a multi-gen family home landlocked on the Canterbury Plains. Indeed, if you discovered Gustorob and the Cass Bay house separately, you might reasonably assume they are the work of different architects, maybe in different countries (what’s that, Lyttelton and Christchurch are different countries?). But that’s the enigma of O’Sullivan. Just when you think you have him figured out, he peels back the onion and your eyes water all over, aginagain. Let’s start with that name. I wanted to read it as ‘gusto-rob’ and imagine a particularly energetic thief at work nabbing new…

HOUSING 01 Birdwood House Evelyn McNamara Architecture 02 Fitzroy House a.k.a Architecture 03 Hole in One First Light Studio HOUSING – MULTI UNIT 04 Featherston Street Homes 242am Architects “Moturoa beach is the undeniable star of this carefully curated resort-style family home, whose upper level is itself a frame for living. From the front door, through the indoor and outdoor living spaces, even a conversation pit, this home showcases the best materials Aotearoa has to offer. Seamlessly detailed, it reveals generously proportioned dramatic living where everything has been attended to.” EDUCATION 05 Footsteps Pre-School Parsonson Architects ENDURING 06 Alexander Library – Te Rerenga Mai o Te Kāruru (1933) Hood and Duffell HERITAGE 07 Massey University Refectory Studio Pacific Architecture PUBLIC 08 Central Energy Trust Arena Entrance Plaza CPRW JURORS Elinor…

COMMERCIAL 01 WallÉ Irving Smith Architects 02 Fairfield Office Low Energy Certified KLT Architects EDUCATION 03 Waimea College New Teaching Blocks Arthouse Architects and Sheppard & Rout Architects SMALL PROJECT 04 Honeymoon Bay Bach Jerram Tocker Barron Architects 05 The Cabin Johnstone Callaghan Architects ENDURING 06 Blenheim House (1989) Peter Beaven – Architect “Simultaneously massive and intimate in scale, Blenheim House has a castle-like feeling of permanence. Inside, wonderful and unexpected interior spaces – including a small dining room that sits within a nine-metre tower of corrugated iron – bring joy to those who experience them.” HOUSING 07 Pūponga Bach Athfield Architects 08 The Cliffs House Modo Architects HOUSING – ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS 09 Faith & Doubt Crosson Architects 10 Spring Creek Revisited Modo Architects 11 Wakefield Quay Apartment Arthouse…