Ironbank (Auckland)
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Ironbank is a 4,500-m2, six-level mixed-used (retail and office) development on Karangahape Road
, Auckland City
, New Zealand
. The building also provides a mechanical, automated car stacker for 96 cars, which the robotic system racks in a four-level storage wall. Recently in 2010, Olympia Parking Systems expanded the automated car stacker to 114 Cars. With this, the car stacker parks cars 2 deep (one behind the other) in some areas of the Car park and, subsequently,always keeps one space available. This available space means that if the rear car was to be retrieved the System would firstly re-locate the first one to this available spot and travel back to retrieve the rear , second car.
It also used a variety of environmentally friendly building facilities, such as reduced energy demands due to a design that can dispense with air conditioning.
The seven-storey building has both been criticised and lauded for looking like "rusting containers", and an architecture critic noted it reminded him of "kindergarten day in a shipping yard", calling it the "most complex and adventurous building" of RTA Studio (designed for Samson Corporation). The building is hoped to achieve 5-star Green Building
certification.
In 2009, it received three architecture awards, in the "commercial", "sustainable" and "urban design" categories of the New Zealand Institute of Architects
Auckland awards sponsored by the paint company Resene. It then captured second place at the World Architecture Festival
, a European award, making it the best-scoring New Zealand entrant ever at the festival, and being praised for "Its sophisticated attitude to the messy urbanity of south-central Auckland".
It was also mentioned in a The New Zealand Herald
series where prominent Aucklanders nominated outstanding Auckland buildings constructed since 2000. Urban designer Ludo Campbell-Reid specifically noted that the building was greater than the sum of its parts, that it would help re-invigorate Karangahape Road and its backstreets, and that unlike most buildings, it looked better from the back than from the front side.
Karangahape Road
Karangahape Road is one of the main streets in the central business district of Auckland, New Zealand. The massive expansion of motorways through the nearby inner city area - and subsequent flight of residents and retail into the suburbs - turned it from one of Auckland's premier shopping streets...
, Auckland City
Auckland City
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, New Zealand
New Zealand
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. The building also provides a mechanical, automated car stacker for 96 cars, which the robotic system racks in a four-level storage wall. Recently in 2010, Olympia Parking Systems expanded the automated car stacker to 114 Cars. With this, the car stacker parks cars 2 deep (one behind the other) in some areas of the Car park and, subsequently,always keeps one space available. This available space means that if the rear car was to be retrieved the System would firstly re-locate the first one to this available spot and travel back to retrieve the rear , second car.
It also used a variety of environmentally friendly building facilities, such as reduced energy demands due to a design that can dispense with air conditioning.
The seven-storey building has both been criticised and lauded for looking like "rusting containers", and an architecture critic noted it reminded him of "kindergarten day in a shipping yard", calling it the "most complex and adventurous building" of RTA Studio (designed for Samson Corporation). The building is hoped to achieve 5-star Green Building
Green building
Green building refers to a structure and using process that is environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition...
certification.
In 2009, it received three architecture awards, in the "commercial", "sustainable" and "urban design" categories of the New Zealand Institute of Architects
New Zealand Institute of Architects
The New Zealand Institute of Architects is a membership based professional organisation. This body represents 90% of all registered architects in New Zealand and promotes architecture that enhances the New Zealand living environment....
Auckland awards sponsored by the paint company Resene. It then captured second place at the World Architecture Festival
World Architecture Festival
The World Architecture Festival is an annual event held in Barcelona organised by EMAP, a media group that runs other festivals, including the World Retail Congress and Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, as well as publishes various journals, including within the field of...
, a European award, making it the best-scoring New Zealand entrant ever at the festival, and being praised for "Its sophisticated attitude to the messy urbanity of south-central Auckland".
It was also mentioned in a The New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald
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series where prominent Aucklanders nominated outstanding Auckland buildings constructed since 2000. Urban designer Ludo Campbell-Reid specifically noted that the building was greater than the sum of its parts, that it would help re-invigorate Karangahape Road and its backstreets, and that unlike most buildings, it looked better from the back than from the front side.
External links
- Ironbank (official website)
- Olympia Parking Systems