2010 Wellington Architecture Awards Winner
MAF Multipurpose Building
From day to day, this building provides a communal caf� and kitchen with lecture facilities; during a national crisis it doubles as civil emergency centre for infectious disease. Such a programme demands a sensitive and sustainable response and the architects clearly met this brief. Of note are the integration of large totara that terminate galleries; the recycling of materials to create major joinery items; passive and active air management; storm water swales that give water back to the land; and comfortable acoustic and thermal environments. Possibly the biggest and most sustainable aspect is its dual use.
- Practice
- S&T Architects
- Category
- Sustainable Architecture
- Location
- Wellington
