Auckland Architecture Week 09
Welcome to Auckland Architecture Week 2009.
Venues for activities are in and around the Auckland CBD.
In addition to exhibitions and talks on architecture, we are fortunate to have a mini movie festival at Academy Cinemas supported by Jasmax. Check out the Films page for the titles and schedule.
We also feature visits to new Auckland city buildings to be introduced by their architects. Booking for these is essential as numbers are limited. See the Building Visits page.
Additional events may be added to the schedule – watch this site for updates.
This week’s events would not be possible without help from our sponsors listed below. Our thanks go to all of them.
For further events and reading on related fields in the arts, architecture and the city, see the Links page.
Enjoy the week.
Exhibitions
New Zealand Architecture Awards 2009
L2 Auckland Central Library, 44-46 Lorne Street
Sunday 11th October – Sunday 18th October
Auckland ArchitectureAwards 2009/2010
L2 Auckland Central Library, 44-46 Lorne Street
Wednesday 14th October – Wednesday 23rd October
Holcim Global Awards for Sustainable Construction 2009 Exhibition
Location: Union Fish Building
Hours: Exhibition Opening Event and Auckland Architecture Week 2009 Opening Launch Sunday 11th 3pm-6pm, Monday 12th –Saturday 17th 10am - 6pm daily, Sunday 18th 11am-5pm
Open to professionals from architecture, landscape and urban design, civil and mechanical engineering and related disciplines, the competition celebrates innovative, future orientated and tangible sustainable construction projects and visions from around the globe. The exhibition includes the top sustainable construction projects that have be chosen from nearly 5000 submissions from all continents of the world.
Architecture For Humanity – Auckland Chapter: Architecture Challenge Classrooms Exhibition
Location: Union Fish Building
Hours: Opening Sunday 11th 3pm-6pm, Monday 12th –Saturday 17th 10am - 6pm daily , Sunday 18th 11am-5pm
An exhibition of shortlisted works from the Open Architecture Challenge, an international design competition hosted by Architecture for Humanity. It reaches beyond the traditional bounds of architecture by challenging architects and designers to partner with the broader public to address architectural inequalities affecting the health, prosperity and well being of under-served communities.
Architecture for Humanity Design Workshop
Location: Union Fish Building
Hours: Monday-Friday 10am - 2pm
http://afh-auckland.org/projects/
Children between ages 8 - 12 from schools in the Auckland area will participate in this one hour design charette to learn about design and architecture in their learning environment. This free workshop is hosted by the members of the Auckland Chapter of AfH and is an extension of the Open Architecture Challenge.
Behnisch Arckitecten: Ecology. Design. Synergy
Shed 12, 90 Wellesley Street West
Hours: 11:00am – 5:pm Sunday October 11th – Sunday October 18th
This exhibition comprehensively documents the way the practice of Behnisch Architekten takes on the manifold issues of sustainable design and the human condition.
This exhibition is touring galleries and architecture schools throughout the world. www.behnisch.com
Queens Wharf Finalist’s Stage 1 Entries
Location: Union Fish Building
Hours: Monday 12th –Saturday 17th 11am - 6pm daily,
Sunday 18 th October 11.00am -3pm
http://www.queenswharf.org.nz/designs/
Presentations/Expositions:
TRANS-FoRM-ers
Mobile Architectures- Architecture Week 09 student competition
Shed 12, 91 Wellesley Street West, from 6pm
Friday October 16th
Movement and migration are pressing themes of contemporary life. Whether driven by political and economic necessity or resulting from a surplus of leisure time, people are more globally mobile than ever before. How might design, architecture and art respond to this relentless fluidity of people, capital, data, ideas and commodity goods?
In TRANS-FoRM-ers 400 students from Unitec, AUT and The University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning are competing in teams to design and fabricate “mobile architectures”. At 5pm on Friday October 16th, as part of the Architecture Week events, these “mobile architectures” will form Auckland’s first ever architecture convoy, moving from Western Springs to Grey Lynn, K’Rd and Queen St. On their way they will create a public spectacle and rouse the curiosity of the traffic bound public. Arriving at Shed 12, 90 Wellesley Street West, the Architecture Week venue, these mobile architectures will undergo transformation, revealing an interior, to be exhibited and experienced as part of the Architecture Week Pecha Kucha evening. Under construction at this stage the projects range across experimental materials and super scales, from giant silver vibrating balloons to collapsable cardboard towers this will be a night to remember.
Watch out for the convoy and come along to this extravagant architectural event to vote for the winning project. There will be bars and food on site.
http://trans-form-ers.blogspot.com/
PECHA KUCHA
Galatos, 17 Galatos St
Thursday October 16th
8:20pm Start. Refer website for speakers.
DESIGN CHARETTE - One Day Invited Design Competition
Union Fish Building, Quay Street
Hours: Saturday 17th October
8:30am - Brief Announced
6:30pm - Winners announced
Invited teams get the chance to face off against one another in a battle of design skills. After the secret brief is announced, teams will have a limited time to produce their best concept. With $1000 prize money up for grabs, it won’t be just egos on the line in this intense design competition.
OHNOSUMO CUPCAKE PAVILION:
Britomart Transport Interchange, Commerce Street (in front of the glass box).
Hours: Noon to Midnight, Friday 16th October.
www.ohnosumo.com
Come support the Starship Children’s Hospital by purchasing a delicious artisan cupcake from the custom designed OH.NO.SUMO paviion... The pavilion is designed using innovative digital fabrication techniques and is constructed from regular corrugated cardboard. A fun and tasty piece of public architecture for a good cause. All money collected goes to the Starship Foundation.
Awards
NZIA Auckland Awards 2009/2010: Awards Ceremony
Fale Pacifica, University of Auckland
Tuesday 13th October, 6-9:00pm
For Tickets call NZIA 09 623 6080
AAA Urban Eye Award
Thursday 15th October,
6pm
Gow Langsford Gallery, 26 Lorne St
Movies –
Auckland Architecture Week Film Festival, in association with Jasmax
Academy Cinema: 44 Lorne St, Auckland
'The Greening of Southie' - Presented by the NZ Green Building Council
Screening times: Sun 11th October-3pm, Wed. 14th October-3pm, Fri. 16th October-3pm
The story of Boston's first LEED-certified residential green building, and the people who made it possible.
In a traditionally Irish-American working-class neighbourhood a new kind of building has taken shape. From wheat-board cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo flooring to dual-flush toilets, the Macallen building is something different: a leader in the emerging field of environmentally friendly design.
But Boston's steel-toed union workers aren't sure they like it. And when things on the building start to go wrong, the young developer has to keep the project from unravelling.
Building Boston's first LEED Gold-certified building turns out to be harder than anyone thought. Yet among the I-beams and brickwork emerges a small cadre of unlikely environmentalists who come to connect their work with the future of their children.
72 minutes, 2008, rated exempt
http://www.greeningofsouthie.com/
‘The Gates’
Screening times: Tues 13th October-8.30pm, Fri. 16th October-6.30pm, Sat. 17th October-6.30pm
This documentary about New York City's biggest public art project ever began filming in 1979, as Christo and Jeanne-Claude began actively pushing their project ‘The Gates’ forward. In the wake of staunch governmental opposition, they were devastated – but refused to give up. Finally in 2003, the new Mayor of New York City, announced that he had given permission to Christo and Jeanne-Claude to realize their temporary work of art: ‘The Gates’. Christo and Jeanne-Claude continued renegotiating with officials, planning the manufacture of materials, and most impressively, accomplishing the near-impossible task of gathering in only two
years the 20 million dollars required to complete the project.
The film reveals the artists’ struggle and passion for their work, as well as delineating the process of realizing that work. It is rare that artists have the fortitude to fight through a process that takes over twenty years, and accomplishes their vision on such a grand scale. And it is even rarer to have documented the process over the course of the entire project - from conception of a dream to the fulfilment of its reality.
87 minutes, 2007
http://www.mayslesfilms.com/companypages/films/films/gates.htm
‘The Last Wright’
Screening times: Sun 11th October-6.30pm, Tues. 13th October-3pm, Wed. 14th October-8.30pm, Sun. 18th October-5pm
Frank Lloyd Wright's last standing hotel reflects a century of social, moral and economic change in a Midwest city.
In 1908, when Frank Lloyd Wright was considered the most innovative architect in Chicago, he travelled to Iowa to design a unique, mixed-use city block - a bank and adjoining hotel facing a park. Soon scandal and tragedy would ruin his career, but the Park Inn Hotel would remain as one of his last Prairie style structures. Through rare archival footage, period music and a look at stunning Wright masterpieces, this film offers a provocative, ironic tapestry of an American century, tracing the life, death and rebirth of a Midwest downtown through the prism of The Park Inn.
During the 20th century, The Park Inn faced alterations and degradation while Mason City dealt with a Dillinger Bank robbery in the 1930s, an economic downturn in the 1960s and the label “Porn City” in the 1970s. In an effort to promote heritage tourism, the city struggled to fund renovations of The Park Inn in the 1990s and attempted an economic revival with a $20 million tribute to the musical comedy, “The Music Man,” based on Meredith Willson’s boyhood in Mason City.
2008, 60 minutes, rated exempt
http://travelfilmcompany.com/the_last_wright.html
'Visual Acoustics'
Screening times: Mon 12th October-3pm, Thurs. 15th October-3pm, Sat. 17th October-3pm
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman, who passed away this year, captured the work of nearly every modern and progressive architect since the 1930s including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Frank Gehry. His images epitomized the singular beauty of Southern California’s modernist movement and brought its iconic structures to the attention of the general public. This unique film is both a testament to the evolution of modern architecture and a joyful portrait of the magnetic, whip-smart gentleman who chronicled it with his unforgettable images.
83 minutes, 2008, rated exempt
http://www.juliusshulmanfilm.com/
Discourse and Dialogue
Lecture- Rachel de Lambert on City Form:
How understanding the heritage urban landscapes can inform change.
6:15 PM
Monday 12 October, Ellen Melville Hall
Fast Forward 09 Lecture Series – Sir Miles Warren
Location: Engineering Lecture Theatre 1.439, 20 Symonds Street,
The University of Auckland
Wednesday 14th October, 6pm
Sir Miles Warren In Conversation
Sir Miles Warren is one of the greats of New Zealand architecture, producing some of our nation’s defining buildings, and in this session will share highlights from is long and extraordinary career. This session is part of Fast Forward ’09 lecture series, supported by the School of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland.
see Fast Forward page for other lectures in this series
Discourse and Dialogue:Saturday Sessions
Saturday 17th October 12:00pm- 5:00pm
This series of talks is taking place in two locations – The Gus Fisher Gallery and Ellen Melville Hall – 10 minutes walk apart.
Each 50 minute talk will start on the hour with enough time to walk between venues, so as to allow selection across the range of talks on offer..
Auckland Awards Jury Review
The annual awards of the New Zealand Institute of Architects Auckland Branch will be announced during Architecture Week. Mario Madayag, convenor of this year’s Awards’ jury, will lead the jury in a review of the award-winning projects and a discussion of the challenges and opportunities currently facing Auckland architects
Time: 12:00pm, Saturday 17th October
Location 2: Ellen Melville Hall:
Corner High Street and Freyberg Place
Entry at O'Connell Street side
John Walsh in conversation
As editor of Architecture NZ magazine, John Walsh has his finger on the pulse of our national architecture. John will lead a discussion with Patrick Clifford and Malcolm Walker.
Time 1pm, Saturday 17th October
Location 2: Ellen Melville Hall:
Corner High Street and Freyberg Place
Entry at O'Connell Street side
Jeremy Hansen in conversation with Patrick Reynolds and Jeremy Salmond: The Villa
Are New Zealand villas the country’s most enduring building type? And if so, are they architecture at all? In this talk, photographer Patrick Reynolds, architect Jeremy Salmond and HOME New Zealand editor Jeremy Hansen discuss and show images of the homes in their new book, Villa, and marvel at the ongoing appeal of these Victorian creations.
Time 2pm, Saturday 17th October
Location 1:Gus Fisher Gallery:
National Institute for the Creative Arts and Industries
74 Shortland Street.
Deidre Brown: Maori Architecture
Blurb: Dr. Deidre Brown teaches at the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture and Planning, and is a leading authority on Maori art and architecture. She will discuss her recent book, Maori Architecture: From Fale to Wharenui and Beyond, outlining both the motivations behind the book and its key ideas.
Time: 1pm, Saturday 17th October
Location 1:Gus Fisher Gallery:
National Institute for the Creative Arts and Industries
74 Shortland Street.
Diana Morrow: Urban Village
Diana Morrow is a professional historian and writer. Her recent book Urban Village, was a lively and authoritative history that examined the social and political changes that have taken place in Ponsonby over 160-year history. Diana will present the highlights from this history and discuss Ponsonby’s present place in the life of the city.
Time: 2pm, Saturday 17th October
Location 2: Ellen Melville Hall:
Corner High Street and Freyberg Place
Entry at O'Connell Street side
Zoe Zimmerman: Living Roof Benefits, Design Considerations + Myths.
In this presentation, supported by the NZIA Environmental Issues Group, Zoë explains green roof benefits; design considerations; perceived barriers; London examples; why green roofs are being promoted and required overseas; and briefly explains the multifunctional benefits (economic, social and environmental). Waterproofing and drainage system considerations will also be address by specialist product representatives.
Zoe Zimmerman is a local planning consultant who has recently established an independent green roof organisation that is promoting the uptake of green roofs in New Zealand. <http://LivingRoofs.org.nz> is an independent resource for information on green roofs, supported and sponsored by leading companies, authorities and organisations.
While with the Environment Agency in London Zoë was instrumental to the installation of a number of green roofs in London, and the development of a Green Roof Toolkit (shortlisted for an RTPI award).
Time: 3.10pm, Saturday 17th October
Location 1:Gus Fisher Gallery:
National Institute for the Creative Arts and Industries
74 Shortland Street.
Tim Hazledine and Kobus Mentz: Transport and Urbanism
Much of the recent discussion of transport and Auckland's growth has tended to be focussed on a roading solution as key to Auckland's productivity and that outward growth of the metropolitan urban limits is a given. Tim Hazledine is a professor of economics at the University of Auckland and Kobus Mentz of Urbanism Plus is an urban designer involved with both strategic analysis and the physical design of communities and cities. They will give their respective perspectives on an how integrated approach to transport and urban development can provide a better future for Auckland.
Time: 3.10pm, Saturday 17th October
Location 2: Ellen Melville Hall:
Corner High Street and Freyberg Place
Entry at O'Connell Street side
Richard Simpson: Anzac Centenary Bridge
In 2005 Richard Simpson first proposed the idea of a new harbour crossing – a bold new bridge that would take a more direct route between the city and the North Shore designed to accommodate pedestrians, cyclists, vehicular traffic and trains. The design would be the result of an international design competition for a bridge that not only fulfills the functional requirements of connection, but that would also contribute to the identity of Auckland – the greater city and the Waitemata Harbour. Integral to this initiative are economic and social benefits resulting in the creation of jobs for the construction of the bridge and the urban renewal of the freed-up land on both sides of the current bridge along with others associated with tourism and the creative industries.
For the past 20 years, Richrd Simpson has been involved in projects that bridge technology and archtitecture. He was Chair of the Auckland Transport Committee Richard Simpson whilst a City Councillor from 2004-2007. He sees the bridge project as an opportunity to become a metaphorical expression for the supercity’s identity and aspirations.
Time: 4:10pm, Saturday 17th October
Location 2: Ellen Melville Hall:
Corner High Street and Freyberg Place
Entry at O'Connell Street side
Building Visits: New City Buildings
Sunday 18th October 1-4.00pm
Ironbank by RTA Studio 150 Karangahape Road
Deloittes Tower, 80 Queen Street (Woods Bagot with Warren + Mahoney.Interior Fit out by Jasmax)
National Maritime Museum:Extension for Blue Water Black Magic- A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake, Corner Quay and Hobson Street (Pete Bossley Architects)
NZI 20 Fanshawe St (Jasmax)
Registration required
Venues for activities are in and around the Auckland CBD.
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