Novotel, Auckland Airport
Designed in 2012, whilst at Warren & Mahoney , once finished my contact I completed the project and site supervision and construction assistance with my newly established company For the Love of Landscape.
The landscape design establishes a powerful gateway experience, seamlessly blending the building's striking, modern glass pavilion forms with an authentic representation of Aotearoa's natural landscape.
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The Brief: Frame the architectural GRC elements while engineering a resilient, low-maintenance first and last impression for international travellers.
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The Challenges: Mitigating a harsh, high-exposure microclimate dictated by airport tarmac proximity.
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The Plant Palette: Structured ribbons of mature pōhutukawa trees, bold architectural flaxes, and a texturally dense layer of resilient coastal groundcovers.
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The Outcome: A durable, context-driven entry gateway where expansive structural glazing blurs the boundary between external landscape and the interior arrival experience.
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