2023 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Te Huhi Raupō Renal Unit Taranaki Hospital
This hospital unit steps outside the conventional language of healthcare architecture to set a new benchmark for sustainability and patient experience. Spacious and light-filled, with extensive use of sustainably sourced timber, the unit forms a bridge and spans a valley planted with natives, connecting the hospital with the street and the surrounding landform. The warmth of the materials used throughout imparts a natural, relaxed and non-institutional aesthetic, with a sustainability framework that includes zero carbon and zero energy design. Built to offer patients a “sense of hope, relaxation and access to nature”, it ensures that dialysis treatment is delivered with ocean views and generous sunlight. Design input from local iwi has instilled a narrative into the building that communicates the story of wai (water) as a life-sustaining force integral to the human body and the community’s well-being.
- Practice
- Warren and Mahoney Architects Ltd
- Category
- Public Architecture
- Location
- Western
