2025 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner
Pukekohe High School Learning Block
This two-storey school is a place that through its architecture demonstrates care and respect for the students and staff housed within. The flexibility of space, which allows for both separated teaching spaces and areas open to each other and the exterior, provides for a wide variety of pedagogical practices as well as generous transparency throughout. The materials and colours give a sense of quality, durability and vibrancy to the building and create a stimulating and enjoyable place to be and learn. The use of external sun screening and references to cultural narratives, such as the Pātaka on the front façade, lift the project beyond a simple prosaic school project and make it a place that is inspiring to be in and a learning tool.
- Practice
- DCA Architects of Transformation
- Category
- Education
- Location
- Auckland
