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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Auckland University of Technology – Lecture Theatres and Conference Centre in New Zealand by RTA Studio

 
September 15th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: RTA Studio 

The brief called for two lecture theatres, one larger (300) than the other (150), together with a larger multifunctional foyer/exhibition/function space. This lead to the conception of 2 respectively contrasting metaphysical conditions to generate architectural form:

  1. Landform
  2. Sky

Image Courtesy © Simon Devitt

Image Courtesy © Simon Devitt

The ‘landform’ houses the two lecture theatres. These geomorphic forms rise out of the volcanic geology of the region (lying buried below the ground surface). The smaller of the two theatres slides out of the other. This cave-like form offers the necessary architectural attributes to control the interior conditions required for high-tech audio-visual lecture theatres.

Image Courtesy © Simon Devitt

The ‘sky’ encloses the multifunctional space by way of clouds clinging to the landform and covering the plateau below. This floating series of roofs allows a flexibility of function to occur below by way of operable walls and furniture arrangement. The layering of roofs in a saw-tooth formation also allows natural light to enter the space like sun through the clouds.

Image Courtesy © Simon Devitt

The building seeks to respond to its unique context and location in the Pacific Rim by acknowledging the local aspects of the site and the culture ofAuckland:

The geomorphology of the site has evolved from unique events both volcanic and subsequently sedimentary and metamorphic. This has left a Geological Encryption seen in the stratification of the surrounding landform.

Image Courtesy © Simon Devitt

Aucklandhas one of the largest and most diverse occupations of Polynesian people in the world. Tattooing is common to all these cultures. This Cultural Encryption can be seen in a cross section of Aucklands’ people.

This Campus has a Health Care focus on its education programme. DNA is the Genetic Encryption that is the ‘building block’ of the human anatomy.

Image Courtesy © RTA Studio

The building utilises a number of ecologically sustainable principles: mixed mode ventilation, recycled carpet tiles, rainwater harvesting, low energy light fittings, passive solar design, low embodied energy materials.

Image Courtesy © RTA Studio

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