2023 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Block Party
This co-housing project containing four houses is a well-considered, straightforward design that is generous to its occupants while keeping the limited budget front of mind. Each of the four houses feels spacious despite a compact interior floor area. Covered entry porches and secure storage spaces add significant functionality, and shared spaces including garden, laundry, and the large party room act to extend the individual dwellings. The transition from communal and public spaces through to each unit, and between additional outdoor spaces, is deftly handled, and ensures both connectedness and privacy in equal measure for the occupants. Personalisation of each dwelling is created via simple changes in finishes, ensuring construction complexity is minimised. This project makes the most of the site’s opportunities, sits comfortably and politely alongside the neighbouring single residential properties, and is an exemplar for increased density in our cities.
- Practice
- Spacecraft Architects
- Category
- Housing - Multi Unit
- Location
- Wellington
