Best Design Awards Winners 2023
Spatial Category – Gold Award Winners
The Rain Gauge
Isabella Muirhead. Tutors: Dr Jeremy Smith, Chris Barton. The term "didactic" refers to something that is intended to teach or instruct. In the context of architecture, didactic design involves...
Moving Mountains
Grayson Croucher. Tutors: Dorita Hannah. The term "didactic" refers to something that is intended to teach or instruct. In the context of architecture, didactic design involves creating spaces,...
Haven for Māngere Youth
Vincent Xiao. Tutors: Lama Tone. Standing across the street, onlookers would be surprised to be told that this project is a youth centre. Presented with a conceptual brief to design a centre for...
Dwelling in the Wrath of Nature: A tale of building resilience in the face of climatic adversity
Elim Hu. Tutors: Chris Barton, Kim Sinclair. “Standing gallantly on the rocky coast of the Mitre Peak, great gusts of wind and sea salt were attacking the house from all sides. The Pioneers hut...
Hangi(ng) Together: Traversing the Temporal Terrains of Te Teko
Elim Hu, Kelly Ting, Shnaia Xu Touching the earth lightly, our project seeks to revitalise the Kōkōhinau community of Te Teko in the Bay of Plenty by establishing an innovative eco-papakainga for...
Papakāinga Ngātiawatanga: Case Study Te Teko
Oscar Botha, James Corles, Natsune Suzuki. Tutors: Anthony Hoete “This project for co-housing in Te Teko represents an exemplar for the future of Ngātiawatanga papakāinga: innovative, sustainable,...
Spatial Category – Silver Award Winners
Kokoru: The Cove as Haven and Performing Ground
Paterinya Diswat. Tutor: Dorita Hannah. Kokoru: The Cove as Haven and Performing Ground A place where landscape narrates stories A space where theatre is found within nature The conventional...
Whare Manu Bird Auditorium
Xingyue (Rachel) Lin. The demise of the quarter-acre dream became a prevalent narrative in New Zealand during the late 1980s and 90s, as evident from the diminishing backyard spaces and increasing...
Spatial Category – Bronze Award Winners
3 Shaddock Street Library and Student Residence
Sufyaan Chuttur. My brief was to create a mixed use residential building in Uptown close to the new Mt.Eden City Rail Link Station. My design is made up of a library and student accommodation built...