Te Pa Tauira – Student Village

Te Pa Tauira – Student Village

Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin Campus

“Te Pā Tauira is a vertical student village that admirably attempts to follow the principles of the Living Building Challenge within its budget.

There is much to like about this building – currently the largest CLT building by volume in Aotearoa – from the façade, a colourful “cloak of leaves” that is always shifting, to the pragmatic as well as aesthetically appealing exposed timber structural elements and oversized fixings.

The interior highlights include a light-filled timber stairwell that splits well-planned wings and the inviting and sunny common rooms, the qualities of which are underscored by a limited palette of materials extended through an artistic collaboration with Simon Kaan.”

- NZIA Awards Jury Citation

Type
Student Living

Year
2018

Awards
2019 – NZIA Multi Unit Housing Award for Architecture
2018 – NZWood Award – Multi-Story Timber Buildings | Engineering Innovation
2018 – PCNZ Awards – Green Building – Excellence | Multi-Unit Residential – Merit

Published
Trends Ideas - May 2018
Otago Daily Times – June 2018
Otago Daily Times – October 2018
Swisspearl – June 2020

Video
Youtube – Otago Polytechnic – May 2017

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Te Pa Tauira – Otago Polytechnic