By Monk Mackenzie
Otahuhu Interchange was a proposed rail, bus and vehicular interchange located in Otahuhu Auckland. It was felt that an elevated concourse connecting the two pedestrian approaches to the site was a simple, effective and sculptural device for connecting the different transportation modes.
This singular move was designed as a sweeping pedestrian free movement area which then led via escalators to the rail platform and the plaza level of the bus and vehicular interchange.
Monk Mackenzie is a highly creative, multi-disciplinary studio of architects and designers. The studio was established to provide clients with elegant, sculptural and poetic solutions to complex briefs.
Both partners have worked with some of the most innovative architectural firms in the world including the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) in New York, along with considerable local experience.
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Monk Mackenzie is an award-winning architectural practice with a record of designing and delivering unique architectural solutions.