Woolworths, Ponsonby - Cider Building

Corporate

1 Jan

Working with sensitivity and restraint, the $120 million precinct contains a carefully planned mix of 31 commercial and residential buildings with clearly defined urban design expectations aligned with the Auckland plan. Built upon fee simple titles, this project offers an example of ways to repurpose buildings for contemporary living, achieving density while retaining the quality of our built heritage.

Acknowledging the site’s former life as the DYC Vinegar factory, Vinegar Lane and the Cider building is an urban mixed-use development project spanning 13,200 square metres. Conceived as part of a larger master plan concerned with the regeneration of a city block in Ponsonby Auckland, Countdown Ponsonby was the first retailer to open, the modernist supermarket encompassing a 4000 square metre space with an additional 8,000 square metres of office across three floors and four levels of car parks.

By resisting the status quo of all glass office blocks, clad in raw concrete, quartz zinc and evergreen glass, the materiality allowed this project to negotiate between the historic neighbourhood comprised of terraced houses while referencing the sites’ industrial origins.

Location
Auckland

Date completed
2016

Client
Woolworths NZ

Team
John Sofo, Kevin Sanderson