• november 2024 • nzia national award for Pool House
Earlier this year,GCUR was visited by the jury for the NZ Institute of Architects Te Kaihui Waihanga 2024 Awards to experience the Gonville Pool House, designed for the site by Patchwork Architecture.
The results of their deliberations were announced at a function in Tāmaki Makaurau on November 22. The project received a national award for Housing. The jury citation reads:
A different take on the adaptive reuse of a public building, a new whare is integrated into the well-loved and architecturally cheerful Gonville Pool. This approach maintains the original characterful street presence, while providing a well-planned, considerately sited new house that artfully uses the defunct pool to bring a productive garden into the centre of the programme. An artist’s residency retrofit into the changing rooms adds to the local community’s artistic stripe. The former public pool’s infrastructure is visibly integrated into the landscaping of this fun and lively project.
There was a party.
• november 2024 • researcher in residence Photographer and community activist David Cook has just completed his tenure as the GCUR Researcher in Residence. David is originally from Ōtautahi Christchurch and is now based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, where he is a senior lecturer at Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts, Massey University.
While he was in Gonville he co-hosted the GCUR Open Day on November 10, talking about his work with visitors and showing photographs from his projectJellicoe & Bledisloe, a series that looks at a Hamilton state housing neighbourhood in the 1990s.
David's photo-documentary practice involves long-term relationships with communities. His most recent project was Ko te Reo ō Ngā Tāngata / The People’s Voice (2023) – a street exhibition and free newspaper co- created with social housing tenants. During his residency at the Gonville Centre for Urban Research David worked on his response to the housing crisis by continuing his work on a publication that channels the protests and dreams of seniors and kaumātua.
David is co-founder of Photobook NZ, a collective who have hosted biennial photo book festivals with Te Papa since 2016.
https://www.davidcook.nz/
• august 2024 • nzia national awards shortlist announced
The NZ Institute of Architects Te Kaihui Waihanga has released the shortlist of projects in contention for its 2024 National Awards:
Commercial Architecture • Tuhiraki – AgResearch Lincoln Facility by Architectus and Lab-works Architecture • Bricks and Mortar by Edwards White Architects • MADE by Edwards White Architects • Kā Uri, Awanui by Glamuzina Architects • Deloitte Centre - Te Kaha by Warren and Mahoney Architects • Wai Ariki by RCG and Pukeroa Oruawhata Lakefront Holdings
Education • The Pā by Architectus, Jasmax and Design Tribe • University of Auckland B201 Building by Jasmax • Onehunga Primary School by Jasmax • Pā Reo Campus by Tennent Brown Architects • Waimarie – Lincoln University Science Facility by Warren and Mahoney Architects and Lab-works Architecture
Enduring Architecture • Mason & Wales Architects Office Building (1973) by Mason & Wales Architects • Cranwell Place (1970) by Noel D'Arcy Blackburn • Cathedral Nave | Holy Trinity Cathedral Auckland (1995) by Professor Richard Toy
Heritage • Erskine Chapel by Common and archifact-architecture & conservation • Toitoi Municipal Building, Hastings by Matthews & Matthews Architects • Dunedin Railway Station Restoration by Salmond Reed Architects
Housing • Alexandra Rock House by Anna-Marie Chin Architects • Our house by Assembly Architects • Whareroa by Bossley Architects • Coromandel House by Evelyn McNamara Architecture • Sar Street House by Parsonson Architects • Houghton Bay House by Patchwork Architecture • Huis Kikstra by PRau • Wānaka S.K.I House by Roberts Gray Architects
Housing – Alterations and Additions • Jewellery Box by Crosson Architects • Ridge House by Keshaw McArthur • Gonville Pool House by Patchwork Architecture
Housing - Multi Unit • Kōtuitui Terraces, Stage 2 by Crosson Architects • Hills Residences by Edwards White Architects • The Ōwairaka Collection by Stevens Lawson Architects
Interior Architecture • Simple Machines by Three Sixty Architecture • KPMG Wellington by Warren and Mahoney Architects • Te Tihi – Aurecon Auckland by Warren and Mahoney Architects
International Architecture • Sir Edmund Hillary Visitor Centre by Pearson & Associates Architects
Planning & Urban Design • Te Āhuru Mōwai Vision Framework by Isthmus Group • Tribune by RTA Studio • Te Iwitahi – Whangarei Civic Centre by TEAM Architects
Public Architecture • Ravenscar House by Patterson Associates • Tākina – Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre by Studio of Pacific Architecture • Te Whare Hononga by Tennent Brown Architects • Te Taumata o Kupe Nuku by TOA Architects
Small Project Architecture • Whare Mīmīrū by Anthony Hōete and Dr Jeremy Treadwell in association • Paper House by Crosson Architects • The Garden Room by Edwards White Architects • St Hilda’s Church Renovation by First Light Studio • Beach Hut by Strachan Group Architects • The Arts Centre Bridge by Warren and Mahoney Architects
All shortlisted projects will be visited by the jury, headed by Caro Robertson, principal of Spacecraft Architects. Other jury members include Ari Stevens of Athfield Architects, Julie Stout of Mitchell Stout Dodd and Patrick Kennedy of Kennedy Nolan in Melbourne, Australia. The tour begins August 26. “From Awanui to Ōtepoti, there’s an excellent geographic spread of projects this year,” says Robinson. “It’s great to see some beautiful adaptive reuse work, as well as innovative attempts at reducing carbon footprints in new builds. The rōpū have had good conversations already about what makes architecture award worthy, and we’re looking forward to more while we’re on the road.” The winners of the New Zealand Architecture Awards will be announced at the annual award evening onNovember 22 in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
• may 2024 • nzia western region awards
On May 24, 2024 the NZ Institute of Architects Te Kaihui Waihanga announced the results of their their Western Regional Awards. Among the winners in the Housing category was the Gonville Pool House, designed by Patchwork Architecture and built on the site of the former Gonville Municipal Baths. This house is part of GCUR's reimagining of the former Gonville Town Centre. The citation for the award states: "An experimental site for a new family home. While modest in scale, this well-crafted home exudes a warmth of colour and internal materials and an elegance of geometric structural detailing. Wrapped and protected within an enclosed courtyard, the original pool gate house and entry conceal the suburban oasis of green within. Working hard to the site’s edges, this family home retains remnants of its aquatic past, which bring a smile to one’s face. This is a celebration of the vision of both client and architect, and how recreational spaces abandoned by some can be skilfully adapted and re-imagined by others."
• june 2021 • town hall update
The repair work on the Gonville Town Hall is under way with demolition now complete on the stage, which has been restored to its original gentle rake. The floor has been scrubbed and three jumbo bins of accumulated rubbish carted away.
The next phase of preparation for reopening will involve interior painting, plumbing, rewiring and the installation of seating. All going well, the Hall is expected to be available for use by the spring. Best news of all? The mirror ball is in full working order.
• march 2021 • gonville fellows
The Gonville Centre for Urban Research invites two people to join its fellowship programme every year. They work with the Centre throughout the year to advance creative, research and advocacy goals in their field. Fellowships are planned to cover a wide range of interests and activities under the broad heading of urbanism.
During their tenure, Fellows may focus on such activities as: • publishing • exhibitions • lectures and other public events • submissions to local and central government • realised and unrealised building projects
The 2021-2022 Gonville Fellows are:
NATALIE BRADBURN Whanganui designer Natalie has been active in bringing Whanganui practitioners together for some years - often in the context of talks by visiting speakers. In parallel with her architecture work she has established Clean, Clean, Clean, a research and design project examining the bathroom, the most complex room in the house.
ANTHONIE TONNON Gonville musician and composer
Anthonie is an internationally recognised musician with a discography which includes Songs from Rail Land, Two Free Hands, Successor, Up Here For Dancing and Fragile Thing. He has become known for his passionate advocacy for public transport and his creative approach to integrating those issues with his composing and performing work. He is the Whanganui District Council representative on the Horizons Regional Council's passenger transport committee.
