2024 Wellington Architecture Awards Winner
Te Kāhui Tiki Tangata - Human Rights Commission
The complex brief required a sensitive design approach to consider potentially stressful situations. The clear architectural strategy has achieved a welcoming and non-confrontational environment. The architectural language, co-designed with mana whenua Te Atiawa Taranaki Whānui, conveys dignity. A unified aho, or thread, connect embellished interventions that depict the spiritual journey of new life. Progression and purpose are clearly addressed. Carved panels at the entry provide a moment of pause and reflect, before moving through to more concealed areas. Floor-tile patterns generate wayfinding and tactile acoustic screens that are rich in unify and connect spaces. A very human-centric interior that engages and calms on a sensory level.
- Practice
- Designgroup Stapleton Elliott
- Category
- Interior Architecture
- Location
- Wellington
