In 2010, I won the national competition to design a temporary,
relocatable pavilion for the NZIA.
The competition brief was to design
a temporary re-locatable pavilion to
exhibit the works of the NZIA (New
Zealand Institute of Architects) based in Christchurch as a response to the February 2011 earthquake. Its purpose was to demonstrate to the public the role architects play in the rebuild and to restore “faith” in the profession to illustrate to the people of Christchurch that this
pavilion embraces sustainable principles, is beautiful, cost effective and innovative. All of this needed to meet within a very humble budget. The intention of the pavilion would
be that it would travel nationally exhibiting works of architects with respect to the rebuild process.