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He Tohu Document Room

PrizeWinner in Architectural Design / Small Architecture, Winner in Interior Design / Exhibition
Firm LocationWellington, New Zealand
CompanyStudio Pacific Architecture
Lead ArchitectEvzen Novak
Design TeamPeter Mitchell, Whare Timu, Lisa Webb, Dorian Minty, Ellie Compton, Julie Stewart, Marc Woodbury, Michael Davis, Mitch McTaggart, Sam Zondag. Story Inc, Exhibition; Click Suite, Interactive; Cliff Whiting, Tikanga Advisor; Bernard Makoare, Carver; eCubed, Services; Dunning Thornton, Structural; Holmes Fire, Fire Engineer; Fletcher Construction; TimberLab, Fabrication; Greenmount Espies, Timberwork
ClientNew Zealand Department of Internal Affairs
Projecthttps://www.studiopacific.co.nz/projects/2017/he-tohu-exhibition/
Project Videohttps://vimeo.com/223586651

He Tohu Document Room exhibits Aotearoa New Zealand’s fundamental founding constitutional documents including the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi and 1893 Suffrage Petition. The Document Room is a building within a building: it sits in the National Library of New Zealand and is conceived of as a ‘waka huia’ – a vessel containing ancestral treasures. The room is a singular rectilinear block of timber carved out on the inside to create a curvilinear interior – a special place where all people can reflect on the narratives and meanings of each of the treasures within.