This building aims to be a solid, approachable and contemporary new neighbour in one of Auckland most rapidly densifying areas.
Situated on a 320m2 south facing corner site right on the transition between business and residential, this boutique development arranges a series of larger, high quality apartments above a retail spaces and a mechanically assisted basement car parking level. We determined the massing of the building critical to its success to satisfy all the neighbours and were very conscious of providing a strong corner presence.
The resulting design uses a series of fluted precast concrete panels, arranged vertically, to give the desired effect on the corner, then stepping back using smaller, lower masses on either side to deal with its neighbours more gently. Materiality is deliberately durable and conservative, with echos of a European apartment type aesthetic.
Right from the outset, this boutique complex was always going to be aimed at owner-occupiers, and its interiors have been deliberately specified at a higher level than many of the other apartments currently on the market. Given the intensification that must and will happen in our city fringe suburbs, 3 Redmond offers a well-considered solution that both satisfies the need to downscale and, at the same time, maintain a high level of design and internal finishes..
Waterfall Associates is a design-led Architectural practice based on Auckland's waterfront.
We design liveable, functional, and memorable environments for people. Our practice is experience driven, and client focused. We seek particular, high quality architectural responses to each site, and to the specific needs of each commission. We look to the particularities of each project, its program, budget, physical and cultural contexts, to identify the most important issues to which the architecture responds.
We offer expertise across the range of architectural practice and building scale, including feasibility, master-planning, design documentation and contract administration.
We bring a public mindedness to the work, with each project considered within its broader contemporary environment, its impact on the public domain, sustainability, infrastructure and landscape.
We are fortunate enough to have received a number of National awards.