Wingates struck a stability between industrial and fashionable within the design of the Greenwood Roche places of work in Auckland, New Zealand.
Greenwood Roche is a specialist Undertaking Legislation Agency that advise on a spread of New Zealand private and non-private sector tasks. Their present house had turn into drained and didn’t now mirror Greenwood Roche’s tradition & values that embrace flexibility and a non-hierarchical method inside their agency. Vastly motivated to stay in Britomart, they approached us with an aspiration to design an area on Degree 6 of Cooper & Co’s Hayman Kronfeld constructing, as a vacation spot evoking flexibility, appeal, was non-hierarchical, sensible and had a folks targeted high quality applicable for high tier legal professionals. Key to our temporary was guaranteeing nice acoustics all through with the house offering a number of alternatives for workers get togethers.
A key consideration in our response was to make sure that we complemented the bottom constructing design, distinctive alternatives and challenges of a heritage constructing. Our design acknowledged the rhythm of the prevailing construction, the variations between the constructing facades, how the providers are delivered and resolved the acoustic challenges.
In 1965, one facet of the constructing was broken by hearth. The bottom constructing workforce preserved & strengthened the realm, leading to a good looking darkish chocolate-colored charred ceiling that contrasts with the remainder of the house. This materiality is referenced within the reception desk and classic furnishings items to attach the 2 areas and soften the novelty of the fitout.
The open plan house was supported by assembly rooms and telephone rooms offering different areas for elevated acoustic privateness for high-focus duties. A rigorously curated and restrained number of supplies was chosen to enrich and improve the great thing about the constructing cloth with brass options catching the sunshine creating areas of focus and delight.
Design: Wingates
Design Workforce: Sarah Bryant, Ornela Priotti
Images: Jono Parker
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