2022 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Te Ara Ātea
Providing integrated library, community, exhibition and performance spaces, this building is the first civic gesture in the new Rolleston town centre. Within a simple four-cornered plan, movement through the building is curated to provide moments to pause, view and study. The central stair is an ordering element, its crafted timber detailing connecting upper-level workspaces to the act of vertical movement. Expression of the dynamic roof form yields uplifting ceilings, a spacious interior warmed by considered material selection and external screening. Study spaces, workstations and window boxes are artfully inserted, delivering a diversity of public space and experience. The boundary between library, exhibition and performance space remains ambiguous throughout, to the benefit of the community.
- Practice
- Warren and Mahoney Architects Ltd
- Category
- Interior Architecture
- Location
- Canterbury
