Young Hunter House
By Sheppard & Rout Architects
2014
Following the earthquake-related demolition of a late 1990’s Sheppard & Rout building on a notable site on Victoria Street, the client approached us to design a new office and retail building using an innovative multi-storey technology system. Young Hunter House is one of the first true PRESS multi-storey buildings in the world.
PRESS was developed at Canterbury University and uses post-tensioned timber frames that rely on cables within the beams and steel energy dissipator clamps at the junctions to minimise any future seismic damage. The LVL frames are fabricated from locally-grown pinus radiata, resulting in a sustainable and timber-filled interior to the building.
The external weatherproof skin was designed to exhibit the internal structural system, acting as an ‘glass display case.’ Achieving a fire retardant boundary wall necessitated two sides of the building to be concrete. Deep horizontal and vertical louvres shield the glass skin to reduce potential interior heat gain.
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We aim to produce humanist architecture comprised of stimulating and inspirational spaces and places.
We are a design-based practice that believes in providing tailor-made solutions to an individual client's needs. The fundamental objective of the practice is to develop architecture that is appropriate to its specific site, wider context and intended use while being robust, flexible and environmentally-aware.
These variables are used along with the appropriate structural considerations to develop buildings with well-suited form and style, instead of approaching the design from a stylistic standpoint.
The practice was established in 1982 in Christchurch by David Sheppard and Jonty Rout. In its 40 years the practice has carried out a wide range of projects covering many types and in numerous geographic locations. The founding partners brought to the practice extensive design and construction experience gained while working with other offices in both New Zealand and overseas. Tim Dagg joined Sheppard & Rout in 1986 and Jasper van der Lingen in 1993 and they both joined David Sheppard as Directors in 2006.
With David Sheppard now retired and Jonty very sadly passed away the practice is led by Directors Jasper van der Lingen and Tim Dagg and three Associate Directors; Matt Gutsell, Jonathan Kennedy and Steven Orr.
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