2024 Wellington Architecture Awards Winner
Oxford Terrace
A highly empathetic design response, from site planning to shared stairways, has resulted in a public housing project that allows a sense of community for single-person occupants. Generous and carefully positioned balconies enliven outdoor areas and allow residents to connect in informal ways. The balconies overlook a large central outdoor area that offers places to sit, gather, garden and socialise. Courtyards with garden beds provide texture and depth to the edges of shared spaces. Material selection, such as timber screens in the stairways, have been carefully considered to give public areas texture, warmth and durability. A heart-warming example of a community housing project.
- Practice
- Solari Architects Ltd
- Category
- Housing - Multi Unit
- Location
- Wellington
