Arts Building – Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology in Nelson, New Zealand

March 21, 2011 Category: Art, Urban Design

Arts Building - Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology design by Irving Smith Jack Architects LtdArts Building - Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology design by Irving Smith Jack Architects Ltd

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The Arts Building – Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology designed by Irving Smith Jack Architects Ltd is located in Nelson, New Zealand. Set in a region of New Zealand renowned for being an arts incubator, this building is the built intersection of paired aspirations; the Nelson region’s physical and philosophical requirement for a leading edge arts teaching environment, and the New Zealand Government’s objective for a landmark timber structure that showcases structural timber within architecture. The building fulfils two functions, as venue for community and tertiary arts teaching and exhibition, and as a tool to educate the NZ construction industry in creative structural timber use.

This new building reconnects a variety of artistic disciplines to encourage collaboration and cross fertilisation. Completing a significant campus crossroad, the facility connects arts teaching, studio, performance and workshop facilities to the campus via a three-level atrium. Enjoying northern sun and outlook beneath a broad, protective eave, this campus circulation space encourages social interaction centred on the display, critique and exhibition of art.

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