2018 Canterbury Architecture Awards Winner
Te Kei
The completion of a key move identified in the Ara Institute of Canterbury Master Plan is confidently expressed in Te Kei (the bow of the canoe), a gateway building that frames a new North Green, welcoming students and public as part of a wider urban design gesture. The composition of two major forms with a central atrium clearly invites interaction by way of a large interconnecting canopy, public in scale, whilst the materiality is tactile and at a very human scale. Internal planning is clearly non-hierarchical, respectful of the individual, colourful and with a clear focus on public and internal incidental interaction.
- Practice
- Athfield Architects Limited
- Category
- Commercial Architecture
- Location
- Canterbury
