Unlocking Manukau
2020
Auckland, New Zealand
The case is located in the centre of Manukau, it is composed of two buildings, a five-story mixed-use building and a semi-open commercial use glasshouse.
The mix-use building has two stories of commercial use, and three stories of residential use. It aims at increasing housing supply and choice, forming a stable community and offering more job and entrepreneurial opportunities.
The ground floor of the glasshouse is for the catering business, the first floor is for community activity purpose. It aims at expanding and diversifying the local small business, providing more leisure and social value to enhance inhabitant experience.
In the design, there is five space with different functions, the reasonable space organization makes the use of each space is able to co-operate together, thereby activating not only the design site but also a wider range in Manukau Centre.