ASB Showgrounds

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The project was secured in an invited competition. A master plan was developed for the whole site, and Archimedia consulted extensively with Auckland Showgrounds to closely understand their operational needs. Archimedia undertook an international bench-marking study.

The design solution arose from an urban design approach to the site, including the creation of a new sheltered pedestrian street “Logan Campbell Way”, which links the main entries at either end of the site, and is on axis with One Tree Hill.

This street mediates between the existing historic grandstand and the new six metre high public Concourse that distributes visitors along the length of the building. The Concourse and the hospitality hub are positioned on plan to respond to the geometry of the grandstand and the adjacent arena.

The existing “Village Green” was relocated to a new site in the forecourt of the hospitality centre, and the space created infilled with a best-practice Exhibition Hall, 72 metres in clear span, and some 88 metres long.

Auckland, 2009

Project Team

  • Lindsay Mackie
  • Russell Pinel

Photography: Archimedia

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Archimedia is a New Zealand architecture practice with NZRAB and Green Star accredited staff, offering design services in the disciplines of architecture, interiors and ecology.

Archimedia uses the word “ecology” to extend the concept of sustainability to urban design and master planning and integrates this holistic strategy into every project.

Archimedia prioritises client project requirements, functionality, operational efficiency, feasibility, and programme. Once these fundamentals are soundly established, Archimedia pursues a sculptural architecture expressive of individual or collective identity.

Identity

  • Archimedia practices architecture as “material identity” – a crafted expression of individual or collective “identity” – embodying a synthesis of people, place and time.
  • Archimedia investigates “identity” with each client and endows buildings with a perceptible meaning that expresses this “identity” – the philosophical parti for all Archimedia projects.
  • Archimedia respects all cultures and their protocols and the fundamental connectedness of all humanity.

Human Experience

  • Archimedia is ambitious for the betterment of both humankind and the environment.
  • Archimedia approachs design with the intent that human beings register an “experience” of architecture which uplifts their daily existence.

Environment

  • Archimedia strives for “beauty”, the exceptional and the inspirational in each and every commission, irrespective of budget.
  • Archimedia believes in tectonics – a poetic configuration of land, space and structure.
  • Archimedia believes in positive intervention – sustainability that enhances eco-systems.

Process

  • Archimedia believes that the very best process and the very best technology are critical contributors in our quest for the exceptional.
  • Archimedia invests resources to create a better design solution.

Collaboration

  • Archimedia believes in collaboration between equals and the power of teamwork.
  • Archimedia's staff are consultative by nature and use processes that encourage user decision making wherever possible.