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Scion Innovation Hub in Rotorua, New Zealand by RTA Studio + Irving Smith Architects

Saturday, December 18th, 2021

Article source: RTA Studio + Irving Smith Architects

RTA Studio and Irving Smith Architects was commissioned to reimagine the Rotorua headquarters of Scion, a Crown Research Institute that specialises in technology development for the forestry industry. Aptly located on the edge of the redwood forest in Whakarewarewa Forest Park, the project brings the workforce, previously siloed in smaller buildings dotted around the campus, into a central innovation hub while creating a new campus arrival point to strengthen the public interface for Scion.

Image Courtesy © Patrick Reynolds

Architects: RTA Studio + Irving Smith Architects
Project: Scion Innovation Hub
Location: Rotorua, New Zealand
Photography: Patrick Reynolds
Size: approximately 1800m2 across three levels
Client: SCION, New Zealand Forest Research Institute
Structural Engineers: Dunning Thornton
Completed: 2021

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Toi Ohomai Health Sciences Building in Rotorua, New Zealand by MOAA Architects

Sunday, June 4th, 2017

Article source: MOAA Architects

In 2012, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology held a design competition by invitation for their new Health Sciences Building. MOAA Architects in association with DCA received first prize. Following award of the project, extensive stakeholder consultation began in order to redefine what was a very traditional brief for teaching of specialist nursing education.