2015 Canterbury Architecture Awards Winner
Hagley Oval Pavilion
Hagley Oval is a striking new international cricket venue for Christchurch. Planned before the earthquakes, the pavilion is the result of extended planning and design processes that, in the long term, may have strengthened the result. The building unashamedly draws on precedent. The tensile roof membrane sports structure has been used extensively around the world, the form instantly recognizable as a cricket venue. What gives the type credence here is the straightforward yet graceful handling of materials and details, giving the structure an expressive profile and a luminous interior. Yet the building remains modest. A tight budget has meant secondary building elements have been designed without fuss. The spaces are small, but practical. The pavilion therefore remains in scale with other buildings around the green, and maintains the focus on the cricket oval itself.
- Practice
- Athfield Architects Limited
- Category
- Public Architecture
- Location
- Canterbury
