Te Ao Mārama, Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Warfare Memorial Museum by Jasmax with FJMT and designTRIBE took dwelling the very best honour of the evening on the 2021 Inside Awards, the Supreme Award. It was additionally the winner of the Civic class.
The undertaking is the results of an eight-year labour of affection in restoring the South Atrium of the Auckland Museum to the unique intent of Noel Lane Architects with its suspended tanoa bowl. Writing in regards to the undertaking within the Might/June 2021 situation of Structure NZ, Albert Refiti says, “What began out in 2006 as cross-cultural space-making has been remodeled into an area for decolonisation to start.” A sentiment that was echoed by the Inside Awards jury.
Dennis Radermacher
Full jury quotation:
This important landmark undertaking is the results of a considerate unlayering of previous interventions and an addition of interstitial components, underpinned with a robust bicultural narrative. Following an eight-year-long collaborative and consultative course of, the design workforce has succeeded in balancing the mana of the north and south atriums: bringing again quantity to the house, releasing the tanoa, and creating outstanding east and west boulevards to deliver collectively a sequence of complicated geometries. The entry waharoa supplies a robust welcome gesture to mark the transformation of this ritualised museum procession. Commissioned artworks activate the apply of tikanga, layered tawa fins outline and supply entry to areas, and detailing of the sunshine trench allows instinctive and intuitive wayfinding. This distinctive undertaking brings collectively the successive eras of the constructing holistically whereas offering a spot of welcome, gathering and belonging for the broader neighborhood.
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