Interior AUT Lecture Theatres and Conference Centre in Auckland, New Zealand
AUT Lecture Theatres and Conference Centre by RTA Studio AUT Lecture Theatres and Conference Centre Exterior 1 AUT Lecture Theatres and Conference Centre Exterior 2 AUT Lecture Theatres and Conference Centre Interior 1 Located in Auckland, New Zealand, AUT Lecture Theatres & Conference Centre was designed by RTA Studio. The building seeks to respond to its unique context and location in the Pacific Rim by acknowledging the local aspects of the site and the culture of Auckland. The geomorphology of the site has evolved from unique events both volcanic and subsequently sedimentary and metamorphic. This has left a ‘geological encryption’ seen in the stratification of the surrounding landform. Auckland has one of the largest and most diverse populations of Polynesian people in the world. Tattooing is common to all these cultures. This ‘cultural encryption’ can be seen in a cross-section of Auckland’s people. These geomorphic forms rise out of the volcanic geology of the region (lyi...