Woolworths, Warkworth

Corporate

31 Dec

The particular challenges of this project centered around the need to design a building which reflects the small scale intimate character of the Warkworth town centre and at the same time find a way to sleeve a large new supermarket development.

ASC Architects' solution, which was supported by Rodney District Council, addressed this challenge by sleeving the large mass of the supermarket behind a length of small scale street front retail.

Location
Auckland

Date Completed
2011

Client
Progressive Enterprises

Team
John Sofo, Matt Every

Photography
Michael Ng

Awards

Property Council Merit Award - 2013

This also provided the opportunity to obscure the service elements of the operation since this site has two street frontages. The bulk of the supermarket is recessed intoan existing change in level across the site so in this way its vertical bulk has also been successfully treated.

The Mill Lane elevation was seen as an opportunity to create a public sculpture in the form of lighting treatment. This treatment adds great dynamism to the street face as well as providing night time illumination to the street edge.