Vodafone New Zealand's main office in Auckland, is a refurbished high-tech building housing over 1800 staff in comfort and style.
Client: Smales Farm
Architect: Warren & Mahoney
Contractor: NZ Strong Construction
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The Brief
The building was twenty years old and undergoing an extensive refurbishment. We were invited to put forward suggestions for a metal shading screen for a large curved glass façade.
The requirements were:
Key Challenges
Our Approach
We presented several options that complied with the brief, while requiring no fixing through the existing 20-year-old glazed curtainwall. Working alongside the architects, we arrived at final design of a 5-storey high, 21m-wide aluminium structure with vertical 450mm fins.
Result
The vertical fins provide protection from early morning glare, while the horizontal perforated walkways offer shade from the later morning sun.