2021 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
One Central - Bedford Apartments & Bedford Terraces
Bordered between two busy roads and an open public space, this housing precinct is an exemplary response to its context, providing people-focused inner-city living designed for young professionals and families. The grouping of car parking on a side lane allows for the arrangement of buildings around two central courtyards which, alongside an urban pedestrian lane, create quiet pockets of shared space to encourage strong community engagement. At the precinct’s eastern perimeter, a taller apartment block provides a buffer from the impact of a busy main road, protection from prevailing wind and passive surveillance of internal public spaces from west-facing living and balcony areas. The rigorous and tight planning of these 94 Homestar 6 rated one-, two- and three-bedroom units has resulted in a well-considered and resolved addition to the housing stock of Ōtautahi Christchurch.
- Practice
- Architectus
- Category
- Planning and Urban Design
- Location
- Canterbury
