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2018 Civic Interior Awards Finalist

The brief was for a two training pool complex with associated changing and parent viewing area combined with an independent yet integrated café and parking areas. The building sits within an industrial park and is designed as part of a complex of buildings that includes a daycare facility that Bonnifait+Giesen Architects designedin 2014 and a Gymnasium to be built in 2019.

The site and brief created tight cost constraints and the vision was of a simple but highly efficient building that privileged the ability for parents to watch their child’s swimming tutorial without disturbing the lessons. The larger pool is also used for training of local sports teams and College pupils.

Photos by: Russell Kleyn

Bonnifait + Associates Architects
Wellington
Video by Russell Kleyn

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Atelierworkshop was founded in 2000 on a plurality of thoughts and languages as a working process. The collaborative has different and diverse architectural experience in various parts of the world that combine professional work and research.

Their approach is orientated towards reconnecting people with a physical reality, a territory, its history and a cultural context. Over 23 years in practice they have developed a portfolio from bespoke residential and commercial boutique architecture to light industrial development, regenerative tourism and eco farm development.

“Our architecture seeks to reveal the landscape and the environment through innovation and common sense. Our projects are developed from a concern for forming one body with the site. Without compromising on design, we put priority on finding sustainable solutions".

At ArchiPro we recognise and acknowledge the existing, original and ancient connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands and waterways across the Australian continent. We pay our respects to the elders past and present. We commit to working together to build a prosperous and inclusive Australia.