2021 Hawkes Bay/Gisborne Architecture Awards Winner
Gisborne Airport
The new terminal building at Gisborne Airport is a success on many levels. Tairāwhiti people express pride in how the building represents their community and creates a positive first impression for visitors. Spatial planning and circulation between land and air is clearly resolved, and the design allows for future growth and enhanced security screening, should these be required in future. The simple, elegant building form is enhanced with cultural references that are meaningful and embedded in their context. These include a CNC-carved tāhuhu or ridgepole running the length of the main space, which is both beautiful and a functional part of the building services reticulation. The architect’s deep commitment to sustainability has resulted in an economical but carefully configured form to maximise passive temperature control measures, and a material palette that minimises energy and carbon impacts.
- Practice
- Tennent Brown Architects and Architects 44 Ltd in association
- Category
- Public Architecture
- Location
- Hawkes Bay/Gisborne
