Winners revealed: Southern Architecture Awards 2023

Probably the most charming base camp ever constructed, public and industrial buildings respiration life into South Island communities, and new properties as gorgeous because the landscapes that encompass them are amongst the buildings to be recognised within the 2023 Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Southern Awards.

Twenty-four structure tasks, protecting the area from Queenstown to Invercargill, have been introduced as winners on June 23, on the Athenaeum Corridor in Arrowtown.

The Nice Glenorchy Alpine Basecamp, a group of timber huts sited round a restaurant, within the South West New Zealand World Heritage Space, created in a collaboration between RTA Studio and Bureaux, received within the Hospitality class. Rigorously and easily designed, the lodge is fantastically understated and a transformative addition to the space.

The primary passive group constructing within the southern hemisphere, Whare Mahana / Luggate Memorial Centre, by Salmond Structure, Hiberna Building and WSP, received a Public Structure award. The common-or-garden however good-looking group house south-east of Wanaka is a up to date tackle historic rural public halls and buildings. In Dunedin, OUSA — The College Bookshop was recommended for its delicate transformation of a heritage brick constructing that was as soon as a confectionary manufacturing facility into first-floor residences and a beautiful retailer, and recognised with a Heritage award for McCoy and Wixon Architects.

The residential structure classes celebrated fourteen designs which might be restrained in aesthetic, and clever of their response to the panorama. Low-lying kinds have been de rigueur within the Housing class, and secluded and personal areas have been seen in each Housing and Housing— Multi-Unit classes.

Colors have been typically muted and consistent with their environment, in keeping with Shana Payne, jury convenor: “There was an abundance of pure Central Otago color palettes within the supplies and finishes, highlighting to us the need to hook up with nature. Uncooked metal, pure leather-based, blue stone and darker tones offered a way of grounding, and timber actually excelled as a cloth selection this 12 months, as a result of plasterboard scarcity.”

4 tasks received Resene Color Awards: The Nice Glenorchy Alpine Basecamp; Remarkbuckle Crib, a heat and wealthy residence by Meeting Architects; Matagouri Drive, a shocking rural residence by Fearon Hay Architects; and Wanaka City Bach, a house with tasteful pops of color and texture by Hyndman Taylor Architects.

Payne, who’s a practitioner at Reply Architects, was joined on the jury by Meiling Honson of Jasmax, Andrew Kissell of bell + co structure, and Jewell Cassells, inside designer. “We witnessed responses to small budgets, heritage tales, work areas for college students or professionals and a change inside structure as a consequence of Covid,” says Payne. “We have been overwhelmed by the eye to element, the pure magnificence and tasks that excelled past our imaginations.”

The profitable tasks are:

Housing

Dalefield Home by Anna-Marie Chin Architects

The lengthy, low merely completed kind suggests a rural character which works effectively within the panorama. The constructing is way more detailed than it seems at first look, evident within the vertical timber posts that give the impact of privatising and minimising the constructing. The inside, which is mild and barely vernacular in its industrial references, offers a snug surroundings and modern canvas for the consumer. Lovely in design and look.

Remarbuckle Crib by Meeting Architects

Mono-pitch roof kinds above three packing containers that face totally different instructions are harking back to the fractured mountains past. Clad with a restrained materials palette, they’re cleverly composed to counter the weather. Designed throughout the first Covid lockdown, the architects seek advice from the venture as an “accordion home”, adapting to ever-changing necessities of dimension and development price.

Resene Color Award:
The restrained palette of vertical shiplap boards that can blacken with age is juxtaposed by the assured use of inside color. Earthy reds, sage and pounamu greens are offset with stained plywood linings and tactile brass door handles that lend a homely, but crafted really feel.

Rock Stable by Meeting Architects

With magnificence and refined consideration to element, this residence belies the complexities of its difficult web site. The higher shared dwelling areas seem to drift above the lake, offering reference to the elegant setting. Sturdy supplies are utilized all through and are softened by a heat inside palette. Every house clearly serves its personal function, and every bed room has been fastidiously thought-about to offer its personal distinctive place.

Ophir Home by C Nott Architects

A humble 120m2 abode made with earth from its native environment. The shoppers actively interact with the uncooked surroundings in each side of this design, from framed views, breezeway and earthen flooring. That is an sincere and responsive design elevated by playful equipment resembling toggle switches and a winding handwheel. The consumer selected uncooked supplies for his or her low-carbon impression and the result’s a well-executed, sustainable dwelling sitting fantastically throughout the panorama.

Matagouri Drive by Fearon Hay Architects

This spectacular design is thorough in its consistency and subtlety. Thoughtful of the panorama, its low-lying kind has a inexperienced roof that transitions from the hill behind. Partitions, predominantly plaster or glazing, join with the environment and help the circulation from inside to exterior. The inside structure, finishes and furnishings are related or the identical as the outside and the coffered timber ceiling is a notable addition. Though refined, the end result feels unpretentious as a consequence of its refined detailing.

Resene Color Award:
The pure, muted color palette displays the positioning, lending the sense of being totally immersed throughout the surroundings. In the meantime, a pop of color within the laundry offers a component of shock and delight.

Wanaka City Bach by Hyndman Taylor Architects

Designed for 2 sisters and their households, the shoppers offered an excessive amount of enter, which has knowledgeable this extremely private venture. The sunken storage was a key design transfer that reduces its dominance to the road. From right here, the attention is inspired as much as the landscaped entrance the place the front-door deal with, sourced from the house owners’ farm, offers a sculptural aspect to hard-edge architectural angles. Intelligent placement of the floorplan affords all rooms views to Lake Wānaka, together with bedrooms which might be setback from the road.

Resene Color Award:
In distinction to the restrained use of color within the dwelling areas, bedrooms and bogs function teal, mint inexperienced, marine blue and terracotta to deliver character into the vacation residence. Elsewhere, rough-sawn timber lends texture and heat.

Closeburn Lodge by Mason & Wales Architects

A profitable technique breaks down a considerable residence right into a village of 4 stone barns with a shock twist. The house’s numerous kinds, which have simply the best diploma of separation, are located to handle the positioning and its gorgeous mountain views. The out of doors areas between them present quite a lot of areas that search safety from the weather on this uncovered panorama.

Maunga Ora by Mason & Wales Architects

This straightforward, dynamic response to web site creates a linear kind that sits simply on the land. The welcoming entry is outlined between the house’s two wings, drawing guests into and thru the house, and out to expansive views of the encompassing mountain landscapes.

Winding Roof Home by Rafe Maclean Architects

The 500mm earth partitions are located like a easy parti diagram, with a roof that lifts to the northwest and seems to drift above. The structure and element are excellent; a well-crafted design that responds to the consumer’s temporary and their thorough understanding of the positioning. Privateness, consolation and light-weight are all well-considered on this high-performance residence.

Owens Home by Rafe Maclean Architects

A bit of oasis in suburbia, this courtyard house is a daring and punctiliously crafted response to the setting. Meticulously designed, detailed and constructed, it offers each privateness and outlook. This light-filled residence creates a splendidly secluded and quiet refuge for a younger household to reside, work and play.

Housing – Alterations & Additions

Lake Home by Anna-Marie Chin Architects

An in depth and playful renovation brings new life to a lakeside residence. Coming into what seems to be a low, modestly scaled residence, this venture opens out, extends downwards, and is filled with surprises. Darkish slender passages and hidden cave-like areas open out to light-filled rooms and lake views.

The Pool by Yoke

This constructing meets the temporary to accommodate an Olympic-sized pool for each non-public use and the rehabilitation of efficiency athletes. The constructing is tucked away in the back of the positioning in its personal architectural model that sits comfortably with the prevailing dwellings. It’s a small industrial constructing in a home setting. Inside finishes are heat and alluring, and the acoustics and outlook are effectively thought-about.

Housing – Multi Unit

Toiora Cohousing Improvement by Architype

This housing complicated caught to its dedication to ship a excessive way of life at a group scale which is not any small achievement. Spatial planning demonstrates considerate and thought of design choices that defy price range constraints with easy, lovely outcomes.
There’s no fuss within the modular design and adaptability of the 24, one-to-five-bedroom properties, which give a tailor-made, adaptive response on a lightweight footprint. This venture goes past award-winning structure and promotes environmental and social innovation.

Upton Avenue Townhouses by Condon Scott Architects

This sort of medium-density dwelling is unusual in Wānaka and balances the modern alpine vernacular with a low-maintenance, lock-up-and-leave design. The marginally offset quantity of the higher ground, mixed with the contrasting exterior cladding of vertical cedar and black steel-tray cladding, break down scale on this predominantly single-storey suburban road. Deep angled window reveals present privateness to the upper-floor bedrooms and filter the acute Otago daylight.
These well-detailed dwellings meet the consumer’s temporary and planning constraints, whereas additionally offering nice structure that blends in with the residential panorama.

Inside Structure

College of Otago – Science Divisional Workplaces by McCoy and Wixon Architects

An inside retrofit venture efficiently delivers open, inviting and collaborative workspaces, with a powerful matauranga Māori narrative embedded inside its design. The brand new, light-filled workspaces facilitate a linked and collaborative surroundings. A distinction to their former office, the college workforce has come to embrace and have fun the change.

Public Structure

Te Atamira by Ignite Architects

This design heroes the myriad visible works and performances introduced on the group arts and cultural facility. Impartial partitions disappear and materials decisions, pushed by price range, are as refined as attainable. The multipurpose desk, store and bar space will be locked up at night time, which neatly resolves this multifunctional house. A professionally managed venture with restricted time and price range, it has already efficiently hosted 1000’s of native and worldwide guests.

Whare Mahana (Luggate Memorial Centre) by Salmond Structure, Hiberna Building and WSP (Structural Companies)

This well-executed design offers hidden property that have been difficult to implement to temporary, price range and passive-house requirements. Paying homage to rural public halls and buildings, the construction is humble however good-looking. The corrugated roof and partial wall cladding are balanced by a heat, inviting inside. This extremely purposeful multi-use house is pleasant, accessible and offers the group with a vastly helpful asset.

Small Mission Structure

Manuka Causeway by McAuliffe Stevens

This design resolution is straightforward, refined and a delight to expertise. Glass and polished chrome defend and have fun historic artefacts in a conditioned surroundings. Working with a extremely technical temporary, this small however grand contribution reveals Dunedin’s oldest historical past. There’s magic in participating and interacting with this set up.

Schooling

Otago Polytechnic O Block – Stage 1 & 2 by McCoy and Wixon Architects

The 2-storey facility is the second section of a masterplan for the polytechnic, and it continues with the clear, constant architectural language of stage one. The inner road is designed as a versatile assembly house for college students and employees to work collaboratively outdoors studio areas. The constructing construction and providers are seen, which act as a refined academic software. Constructed a decade after section one, the brand new addition is seamless.

Heritage

OUSA – College Bookshop Redevelopment by McCoy and Wixon Architects

It is a refined re-invention of a former confectionery manufacturing facility, which sits proper on the college’s doorstep. Non-public light-filled residences are situated above a much-loved retail establishment – the College Guide Store. The manufacturing facility’s present constructing cloth is revered, with characterful brickwork and delightfully rudimentary timber truss work enlivening areas and telling their story. With an adaptive mixed-use house at floor stage and high quality dwelling upstairs, it is a nice reference for the rehabilitation of Dunedin’s wealthy CBD heritage.

Bell Hill Residences by New Heritage

This playful design response respects the established character of inner-city Dunedin and meets industrial calls for. Three short-stay residences are named after former occupants Gaynor Clayton, Henry Matthews and John Campbell, and the interiors are impressed by them.
Giant round openings on the rear façade of an residence present afternoon solar and a big, sheltered balcony with rooftop views in the direction of the Octagon and hills past. The architect raised the ground stage within the dwelling areas to permit sight traces for the individual seated inside. An inspiration to its heritage neighbours.

Hospitality

The Nice Glenorchy Alpine Basecamp by RTA Studio and Bureaux

With its ethos in Sluggish Tourism, this hut-style customer lodging is scattered in fractured instructions like the encompassing mountains. Rigorously and easily designed and completed, the areas are welcoming and cozy, with sincere supplies that recommend a humble hut. A fantastically understated and effectively executed venture that meets the intent and extra.

Resene Color Award:
Sincere supplies harking back to DOC huts are offset with shiny yellow doorways and window frames that lend cheerful character.

Enduring Structure

Southern Aurora Substation (1972) by Allingham, Harrison & Companions

This daring but playful early Nineteen Seventies civic infrastructure sits confidently amongst its heritage neighbours, including to the richness of the 2 streets it spans. Partaking curved brickwork at floor stage permits views into the constructing and thru the town block. Gentle performs on the sample precast above, and a sequence of lovely natural brick shells encase and defend the rooftop transformers. 

Don Avenue Medical Centre (1956) by Monica Barham, Architect

A chic modernist Fifties medical doctors’ rooms accomplished by a distinguished and prolific younger architect. A glossy, streamlined type of concrete, round openings and positive steelwork, these rooms are a real reflection of their time. This architectural result’s restrained and easy and recognise the affect of worldwide modernism in New Zealand.