Project Type: Flagship Store with Restaurant, Retail and Workshop

Location: Halmtorvet 27, Copenhagen - Denmark

Located in the Meatpacker District in Copenhagen, within an existing building, this project is the flagship experience for Materialis Danica, a project that focuses on promoting sustainability and localism. The concept store is focused on promoting the Urban Farm to Building Materials movement (Use of upcycled materials) in partnership with the Farm to Table Food Movement.

The ‘material rich’ table settings and furniture are all designed from upcycled materials and are themed differently within each space. Some of the products are created in-house and others are created by local manufacturers. When people are dining, they will be given a food menu, wine menu and materials menu. They can purchase all of the products and materials from the retail store after their meal, and they can also see people making the products in the adjoining workshop, which is open for public use.

Bricks are Denmark’s main material that are available for re-use. In this particular area, the white square tiles are rather iconic and hence have been re-used in some of our spaces.

You can watch the video about Materialis Danica by clicking here.

Tara Iti Golf Course Concierge and spa

PROJECT TYPE: Hospitality and Leisure

PROJECT LOCATION: Tara Iti, New Zealand

This project proposal is for a members only concierge and spa that has been designed as a simple and yet high quality form that sits quietly within the sand dunes created from heavy rammed earth walls. Buried within the undulating windswept forms, one cannot make out what is beyond from the entrance. 

Once inside, the space, wrapped in the warm tones of rammed earth and travertine, it opens up to an impressive vista overlooking the Tara Iti Golf Course, framed by large corten steel frames. 

Project Type: Hotel and Leisure facilities

Located 45 minutes from New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, this natural phenomenon offers a huge opportunity for the site owners to help revitalise the once iconic and vibrant seaside town and also to provide a type of facility that is not currently available in New Zealand. Stage one, shown here, involves the development of a seaside 200 key hotel, with thermal baths and conference facilities.  Stage Two will involve the redevelopment of the existing family oriented water park and town centre.

For centuries before European settlement, indigenous Maori travelled to the therapeutic thermal waters to relax and heal themselves. Bones littered the beach, evident of tribal battles that occurred for possession of the area and its precious water. 

It was common to see up to 3000 Maori people at a time soaking in the naturally hot water by digging holes in the sand and letting water seep in.

We were commissioned in 2018 to design the headquarters for new Football Media Company, Otro, in London, UK, as started up by David Beckham. Otro brings together 17 of the world’s superstar footballers on one media platform including Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.

The design is based on our contemporary design principals that we explored in our future workplace research project, which includes biophilic and sustainable design principals, flexible workspace design and the integration of emerging technologies.

As a new company, there had been a limited amount of visual branding carried out prior to our commission and so we wanted the architectural design to emanate the brand through integrated branding elements and by creating the right balance between a space that felt sporty and yet sophisticated and premium at the same time.    

We have designed a series of Chromatherapy tricolour pendants that have been beautifully crafted by Monmouth Glass Studio.

Project Type: Mixed Use Apartments, Offices + Restaurant

Location: Vinegar Lane, Ponsonby - Auckland

This is a new boutique development in a new medium density development. We initially explored how the wider streetscape could work successfully by putting together a series of apartments in a way that was interesting and varied, yet sympathetic to each other. For our project, located at 19 Vinegar Lane, there will be retail on the ground floor with apartments and offices above. The penthouse apartment is three bedrooms with an extensive rooftop terrace and pavilion. The light filled spaces with high ceilings and careful facade design compensate for the compact footprints that start from 40sqm. The facade screen is inspired by the elegant feather cloaks, ‘kākahu’, worn traditionally in Maori and Polynesian Culture. The brass tones and geometry give it an art deco feel. The interiors are kept fairly raw. The screens are occupant controlled and pivot open and close.