2022 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Kohinga St Albans Community Centre
Set back from the street edge, this well-scaled building establishes its community identity with a warm, folded timber façade. Completing an urban masterplan, well-handled gestures reach beyond this site to connect to the streetscape, the community and existing facilities. Paired street entries are connected by a light-filled linear gallery. The north-facing gallery connects multipurpose community spaces at the south with raised timber outdoor space and community gardens beyond. Elevated to address geotechnical and inundation concerns, the lightweight timber structure contributes to a net-zero carbon outcome. The singularity of timber cladding marries crisply detailed interiors and structure, warming human-scaled spaces.
- Practice
- Christchurch City Council
- Category
- Public Architecture
- Location
- Canterbury
