XSITE Architects
Project Location:
East Tamaki, Auckland
Categories:
Interior Fit Out
Project Description:
The building we were engaged to renovate was purpose Built for Nutrimetics in the 1970`s. The new function is to relocate the Hynds Group head quarters from 4 separately leased spaces into this Office Warehouse Building.
The Building is set at the end of an avenue on a peninsula of the upper Tamaki River in the heart of industrial East Tamaki. The site is surrounded by trees and water. The concept was to create a corridor or light well through the building set between the office and Warehouse part of the building. This works as a conduit to the surrounding landscape, connects to new communal courtyards, provides generous office daylight, and centers the Staff Café & Board room within this space. The Interior light well is clad in rough sawn cedar ply panels. The ply panels, planting, lighting and windows set up a rhythm that strengthens the connection to the surrounding park land.