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New Zealand Campus of Innovation & Sport Performance Institute

The NZCIS Performance Institute is the anchor project for the redevelopment of the former CIT campus in Heretaunga, Upper Hutt. The facility is the training base for the Wellington based professional football and rugby teams the Phoenix and Hurricanes and was selected as a training venue for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023.

Constructed using the innovative Coresteel structural frame system this very large building has been designed to fit within an existing campus environment. The indoor Green Room space provides a clear 50m x 70m training space with IRB and FIFA certified artificial turf. The distinctive polycarbonate-clad gable ends give the building a clear identity and provide high levels of diffuse natural light that is augmented with artificial lights on daylight sensors. At night these gable ends have a lantern effect. Included within the facility are a 1000m2 gym space, watt bike studio, recovery suites, medical and physiotherapy suites and change facilities able to accommodate mixed gender team environments. It incorporates world leading sports technology including interactive play screens, climate and altitude controlled spaces, cryotherapy, light therapy, specialist recovery pools, body scanning equipment. Being fully accessible, the facility is designed for use beyond professional sport with the equipment and recovery spaces catering for a wide range of physical therapy programmes.

Materials and finishes for the facility are generally neutral with areas of colour and texture used sparingly to provide a clear identity for key spaces and to assist with wayfinding. Two distinct and fresh shades of blue identify the change rooms, pops of blue are used in the gym space floor and equipment and bamboo paneling is used in the public entry foyer. This ensures that the building does not fight for attention from the large expanse of green turf in the Green Room and the bright yellow branding and uniforms associated with the anchor tenants, the Phoenix and Hurricanes.

Wider site works and pedestrian links are under construction that connect to the adjacent specialist change facilities for home-based and visiting sports teams, outdoor activity spaces, hospitality suites and training fields.

Location
Trentham, Wellington
Completed
2021
Price to build
5m+
Building style
Contemporary
Client
Heretaunga Company
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Architecture HDT is a mid-size architectural practice with offices in Wellington, Christchurch, and Hawke’s Bay. We have an established track record of delivering high-quality architectural projects throughout New Zealand with particular expertise in Sport and Aquatic facilities (out of the Wellington and Christchurch offices) and Healthcare (Hawke’s Bay office).

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