2021 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
One Central - Bedford Apartments & Bedford Terraces
This diverse and dynamic housing precinct contains a range of typologies that are rigorously and tightly planned. Central pedestrian courtyards and lanes create a people-orientated neighbourhood that encourages integration and engagement between residents while carefully managing privacy, despite the close proximity of homes. A modulation of form breaks the scale of this precinct, while brick and metal cladding materials are a nod to the industrial heritage of its site. Providing protection from Christchurch’s prevailing northeasterly, a taller apartment form is orientated to provide living and balcony spaces that soak up the afternoon sun. All units benefit from dual aspect, and necessary service areas and bike storage spaces are well considered and integrated. The result is a thoroughly well-conceived and executed response to the intensification of Christchurch’s inner city, and a desirable place to live.
- Practice
- Architectus
- Category
- Housing - Multi Unit
- Location
- Canterbury
