Hundertwasser Art Centre, Town Basin, Whangarei

By Reyburn & Bryant

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Client: Whangarei District Council – Hundertwasser Art Centre

Project: The Hundertwasser Art Centre and Wairau Māori Art Gallery involves the remodelling of the old Northland Harbour Board building at the Town Basin in a style inspired by Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

The building will include a Maori cultural heritage centre and art gallery, exhibition space, a museum, a café/restaurant, and a retail shop over two storeys. The building is unconventional and will itself be an artwork on a grand scale. It has the potential to become an iconic building for Whangarei and Northland, as well as New Zealand.

Our Work: Reyburn and Bryant planners prepared and obtained land use consent for the building which involved height infringements and structures located within the required setback to the water.

The work also involved obtaining consent for Te Kakano, which is a standalone architectural sculpture that gave builders and artists an opportunity to adapt their skills to the specific finishes to build in Hundertwasser’s style as well as being a sample of what is to come.

Our surveyors were also involved completing the building set out for Te Kakano and undertaking legalisation work involving the closure of a small area of road reserve.

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Proud Northland Based Planners & Surveyors.

Reyburn and Bryant are a long-established Northland based Planning and Surveying firm servicing from Auckland through to Kaitaia including Orewa, Warkworth, Wellsford, Mangawhai, Whangarei, Paihia, Russell and Kerikeri.

Our young and enthusiastic team specialise in surveying, planning, civil engineering, land development, resource consents and project management. We service a wide range of high-calibre private and public sector clients and are routinely involved in exciting projects.

The company was founded in 1965 by the original directors David Reyburn and Selwyn Bryant. The current directors have been in partnership since 2005 and since then business has grown exponentially.

Reyburn and Bryant are leaders in their field utilising state of the art technology, including an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and modern GPS systems. The UAV is a cost effective solution that provides accurate survey data allowing for challenging terrain to be surveyed with ease.

Our staff are also members of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors (NZIS) and New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI).

Reyburn and Bryant aim to keep processes simple and work closely with our clients to obtain the outcome they desire.

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