2023

“The winning submission of the Supreme Award transcends categories. An urban response that functions as a connector between Victoria Park, the Universities and the Domain, it holds immense potential for urban renewal and degrowth, in addition to presenting a strong and convincing narrative expression. The judges note that this entrant presented three strong submissions and that the quality of design thinking was sustained and evident through all schemes presented.” 

Narrative

Winner + Best Student + Supreme Award:

Rebirth of the Natural World by Janae Van Panahon

“Excellent visual communication and commitment to developing a narrative to explore opportunities for theatrical storytelling. This project demonstrates a non-literal translation of foundational narratives used to guide an architectural response. This scheme also functions as a decolonising gesture that repurposes a historical colonial space and reinterprets in terms of narrative and function that gives mana and expression to mātauranga Māori and place relationships. The judge's also note that an evocative moving image submission was provided, that clearly shows the activation of spaces within the scheme.”

Runner-Up:

Moving Mountains by Grayson Croucher

Highly Commended:

The Hinge of Two Reveries by Kelly Ting

Peripheral

Winner + Best Student:

Sea Change by Lise Jansen-Luke

“This project is clearly presented, both conceptually and visually. It demonstrates a thoughtful choice of medium, and using that medium to read the landscape and make interpretations of the built interventions within it.  Through printmaking as a medium for architectural investigation, this entrant worked with the constraints of the printmaking process to produce a scheme that is topical and relevant. Visually arresting, the final prints also stood on their own merit as visual artefacts.”

Runner-Up:

The Nest by Brandon Carter-Chan, Nicholas Rowsby, and Joseph Trace

Highly Commended:

You Can't Salvage Shit With a 10-Tonne Digger by William King

Degrowth

Winner + Best Student:

Hangi(ng) Together: Traversing the Temporal Terrains of Te Teko by Elim Hu, Kelly Ting, and Shnaia Xu

“This proposal responds to the informal, self-build nature of rural Māori communities by providing a framework to enable the community to organically change and grow over time. As a proposition it is as much about what isn't designed and the space in between, and involves a careful rethinking of existing marae spaces to appropriately respond to future community needs. The project reconsiders how we could and should be responding to building communities and promoting resilience. The judge's also note that this scheme has been sensitively developed and well resolved across a range of scales.”

Runner-Up:

ပစ်တိုင်းတောင် (Pyit-Taing-Htaung, Every time you toss it, it stands up) by Myint San Aung

Highly Commended:

WSCAP by Karl Mendez, Lynette Hunt, Aphiwat Pengpala, and Joelle Tolentino

Retrospective

Winner:

ASB Tennis Centre Redevelopment by Copeland Associates Architects and Compusoft Engineering Ltd

Copeland Associates Architects: Barry Copeland,  John Dymond, Ratanui Fraser, YeoJin Lim, Sienna Kim, Finn Scott

Compusoft Engineering Ltd: Barry Davidson, Anthony McBride

“This project emerged from a partnership between Next Generation Clubs and Tennis Auckland. The intention was to create a world class facility combining the Tennis Club and Stadium with a multi-level Country Club including lounges and café, competition and practice courts, swimming pools, spa and a state-of-the-art-gymnasium.”