2023 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner
The Trusts Karekare Surf Lifesaving / Kaha Ropi
This project represents all that is good about community engagement and commitment. The unassuming building pushes into the base of a mountain on one side, while pushing back on an unforgiving natural environment on the other. The interior houses essential functions in spaces, nothing more and nothing less than they need to be, similarly, the exterior is defined by a simple mono-pitch roof that follows the contour of the site and extends into the trees beyond. In combination with a subdued material palette, this simplicity significantly reduces visual impact on the pristine natural environment and defines a new community heart.
- Practice
- 106 Architects and Richard Priest Architecture in association
- Category
- Public Architecture
- Location
- Auckland
