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THE PROJECT WAS SECURED IN AN INVITED COMPETITION. ARCHIMEDIA
FOLLOWED ITS PROPRIETARY DESIGN PROCESS, RESEARCHING THE HISTORY OF
THE SITE, UNDERTAKING A FEASIBILITY / FAR ANALYSIS, PRODUCING SUN-
SHADING STUDIES TO PROTECT FREYBERG PLACE; AND WORKED WITH LEADING
ARTISTS, URBAN DESIGNERS AND TOWN PLANNING PROFESSIONALS TO
INTERPRET THE CLIENT’S BRIEF.
ARCHIMEDIA RECOGNISED THAT SHORTLAND STREET IS THE PREMIER
ESTABLISHED OFFICE ADDRESS IN THE CITY AND PROPOSED A MIXED USE
TOWER INCLUDING BOTH 1500m2 WORKPLACE FLOORPLATES AND HIGH-END
APARTMENTS, ANCHORED BY A POWERFUL ANTHROPOMORPHIC IDEA TO ENDOW
THE TOWER WITH SPECIFIC, LOCAL IDENTITY.
▪ THE TOWER FORM SYMBOLISES HUMAN OCCUPATION OF THE ISTHMUS,
STANDING AS A “FIGURE” WITHIN THE URBAN CITYSCAPE, ADDRESSING THE
ENTRANCE TO THE WAITEMATA AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE NORTH-EAST
▪ THE FIGURE IS ARTICULATED BY A FIGURATIVE GLASS “CLOAK” OR KAKAHU
ENCLOSING THE SOUTH AND WEST QUADRANTS, WITH OPEN BALCONIES
FACING THE NORTHEAST VIEW
▪ THE KAKAHU IS ANIMATED AT LARGE SCALE BY A SENSE OF “WEAVING” AND AT
SMALL SCALE BY A WHITE FRIT IN A MOTIF OF ABSTRACTED FEATHERS
▪ THE TOWER IS A MIXED USE PROJECT WITH BASEMENT CAR PARKING, RETAIL,
HOSPITALITY, WORKPLACE AND RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITIES
▪ THE TOWER SITS IN A “SOCKET” IN THE PODIUM WHICH VISUALLY SUPPORTS IT
▪ THE PODIUM STRADDLES THE ORIGINAL FORESHORE LINE AND IS ANIMATED BY
OPERABLE SCREENS ON FORT STREET, AND BY A LIGHT-FILTERING
TRAVERTINE SCREEN ON SHORTLAND STREET
▪ THE PODIUM HAS DEEP INCISIONS ALIGNED WITH O’CONNELL STREET AND
COMMERCE STREET, SUGGESTING THE INTERNAL STREET THAT LINKS THEM,
COMPLETING AN URBAN PATHWAY FROM ALBERT PARK TO THE WAITEMATA
▪ THE SIGHTLINE TO THE WAITEMATA FROM SHORTLAND AND O’CONNELL
STREETS IS PRESERVED THROUGH THIS INTERNAL LANEWAY
▪ THE INTERNAL STREET HAS A QUALITY OF LIGHT RECALLING HISTORIC
AUCKLAND ARCADES. NATURAL LIGHT IS REFLECTED OFF A SHALLOW POOL ON
THE PODIUM ROOF GARDEN AND INTO THE VOID ABOVE THE STREET BELOW.
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