By CUSTANCE
The interior fit out of these apartments was part of a complete redevelopment of a landmark Oriental Bay building. The redevelopment involved converting 4 apartments into 2 luxury apartments with the addition of a third apartment at roof level.
While significant remodelling work was undertaken, maintaining and respecting the facade and general nature of the building was a key consideration. The additions are treated in a refined, minimal fashion using contemporary materials to achieve a contrasting yet sympathetic result.
A sparse, monochromatic palette was relieved by the rich textures and the quality of materials used.
Over 30 years Custance has become a respected and multi-award winning practice. Using our collective knowledge, experience and empathy, we have created spaces that transform people’s lives and better equip them to accommodate change.
The tools we traditionally use are strategic planning, architecture, interior design and industrial design, however we have learned to wield them in different ways. We have developed these tools to allow people and organisations to experience space that is fully human and fully alive; space to live well, to create, to innovate and to grow – to enable face to face contact in a way that digital space does not.
Clients return to us in both New Zealand and for 14 years now, Australia, where we’ve built a multi-disciplinary, trans-Tasman practice that focuses on people and their well being, not just the places we build for them. We believe in human touch and those two words hold the secret of our longevity.
Before we begin any commission, whether a home , a corporate interior, a new building, an urban master plan or a strategic vision, we begin by discovering answers to fundamental human questions. Who? What? Why? For us these come before the traditional ‘where’, ‘when’ and ‘how’ of the brief and build specifications. They help us see beyond immediate needs. They help us understand people and design spaces that have enduring value.