Auckland University

Arts & Commerce Building 140sqm
Architects: JASMAD
Auckland, New Zealand
1984

Considerations:

-Three different areas in one building.
Obvious visual connections from outside, not inside.

-A strong vertical element in two of the sites, 4 storeys and 3 storeys.

-Strong architectural elements in the building detailing.

-A requirement by the architects that students be able to look through the windows to the courtyard below.

-A need for glass that is visible from outside as well as effective from the inside.

-A need for each window design to read individually on each level from the interior, but to read as a whole down the face of the building from the exterior.

-A design that is totally open to interpretation by the students and faculty using the building.