Te Wharekura o Nga Purapura o Te Aroha

Te Awamutu, Waikato

Sited along the Manipoko stream of Te Awamutu, the proposal courageously arranges 120 learners, from years 1-13 under a single pitched space. A serpentine symbolic river, delineating circulation, carves central breakout rooms to bisect juniors and seniors. These gently curving shapes offer a fluidity between students and staff. The junior and senior learning spaces are lightly separated with cranked, low-lying storage cabinetry and tables shaped as Waka.

The adjacent build is comprised of a multipurpose hall and technology space. Its structural sequence is set by a steel trussed beam and columns, coined as four Pou – Poumua, Potahuhu, Poutokomanawa and Poutuarongo. These stable symbols line the centre of the kura as an expression of kaupapa and sheltering learning opportunities.

 1,650m²

Photography: Andy Spain

Te Wharekura o Ngā Purapura o te Aroha

Te Awamutu, Waikato

Ka noho tēnei wharekura ki te taha o te pūkaki o Manipoko, Te Awamutu. Ko te tono kia whakarauika i ngā ākonga 120, mai i te 1 ki te tau 13 ki raro i te maru kotahi. He tūtohu awa tōrino, he aratohu rere e whakairo nei te wāwāhinga o ngā teina me ngā tuakana. Mā enei hanga kōpiko e tūpono ka rere pai te wairua ki waenganui i ngā tauira me ngā kaimahi. Kua wāwāhi te ātea o ngā teina ki ngā whata me ngā tēpu waka te hanga.

I waihanga te whare tuarua hei hōro mano mahi, ka tahi. Ka rua, hei taiao hangarau. Kua hangaia te tāhūhū me ngā heke o te whare ki te maitai . E whā ngā pou matua -Poumua, Poutāhūhū, Poutokomanawa, Poutuarongo. Ka noho ēnei pou ki te tara o te Kura hei wahapū i te kaupapa, hei tauawhi hoki i ngā mahi angitū o te akoako.

1,650m²