2012 Wellington Architecture Awards Winner
Regent Park Apartments for City Housing WCC
Working with Wellington City Council the architect has referenced local typologies to create a new housing complex that is successful in the private and public spaces created. The site design allows for the passage of neighbours while maintaining a sense of privacy for the residents through simple but carefully considered details such as setbacks from circulation paths, screens, and placement of letterboxes. The generosity of the architectural approach is evident in the delightfully detailed, glazed communal stairs in the apartment block, which have produced a public space that is a joy to move through. A serendipitous deletion of an apartment block has enabled the planting of fruit trees in a sunny open area, a simple initiative that has further promoted the goal of shared public space and illustrated the importance of giving careful architectural thought to the spaces between buildings.
- Practice
- Designgroup Stapleton Elliott
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Wellington
