Architecture For Humanity – Auckland Chapter

Today the winner of a 4 week design challenge was announced at ContainerTech.

This project was an extension of the parallel AfH Container Studio from Semester 1 where 11 M Arch (Prof.) students from University of Auckland School of Architecture designed shipping container modules for deployment in disaster affected regions around the world. We had visited Dave and Gordon’s container yard at the beginning of the semester on a tour, and Dave was invited back as a guest to the final crit of our work. Dave was so impressed by the range of ideas and quality of work displayed on the day that he, in turn, invited Architecture for Humanity Auckland Chapter to participate in a design competition for his new office/showroom at ContainerTech in Onehunga. The students were given a stipend and spent their inter-semester break to come up with some innovative designs which the client fell in love with. The special trophy was made for the occasion and there’s a neat story behind it – ask us about it next time you see us in town.

Second runner up (tie):  Xiaoyi (Sean) Bian, Barbara Lau

First runner up: Janice Au

Winner: Mark Schmidt

Congratulations to everyone and thanks ContainerTech!

Dave, Sean and Barbara

Dave, Janice and Gordon

Dave, Mark and Gordon