This year will see the return of the Auckland Branch of Te Kahui Whaihanga’s Architecture Week with the theme ‘Indigenous Perspectives’.

Auckland branch chair Megan Rule said Architecture Week creates opportunities for public dialogue on design concerns which she says “is particularly important as we experience a momentous regulatory change in urban intensification and building performance, not to mention mental health and wellbeing.”

“Architecture Week is an opportunity to explore, celebrate and reflect on our homegrown culture and the design processes that shape our region.”

The 2022 programme is packed with talks, walks and events around the Auckland isthmus and as far north as Whangārei. Event updates can be found here.

Event Calendar:

Thursday 15 September

Model Citizens presented by Architecture New Zealand
A fun comp where you create an architectural object in teams. The judging panel this year has Professor Andrew Barrie of the University of Auckland (model-maker extraordinaire), David Trubridge (iconic designer), and Jacinda Rogers (editor of ArchitectureNow). Drinks and nibbles will be provided. Register your interest here.
Venue: Kada, Level 2, 165 The Strand, Parnell.

Fast Forward Lecture Series: Timothy Hill — Provocations on Time
Influential Australian architect Timothy Hill reflects on his journey and the Architecture and Planning School’s series theme, Architecture, Nature and Making Places. Event details here.
Venue: The University of Auckland, Design Theatre, 22 Symonds Street. Starting at 6:00pm.

Friday 16 September

Toi Hanga Wananga, Whangarei, Te Tai Tokerau
Toi Hanga showcases Te Tai Tokerau architecture and design allowing artists and designers to share and be inspired. Learn about best practice for working with mana whenua, and inform hapu and artists of opportunities to work collaboratively with architects. Keynote Jefa Greenaway. Book here.
Venue: Hihiaua Cultural Centre — one day symposium.

International Park(ing) Day
Park(ing) day is a global, public, participatory art project launched by Rebar in 2005. It is a day when people across the world temporarily repurpose street parking spaces and convert them to tiny parks and places for art, play, and activism. Locations around the city are to be announced soon. Interested in participating? Contact [email protected].

Saturday 17 September

Toi Hanga Bus tour, Te Tai Tokerau
See recent projects that celebrate the successful collaboration between architects, artists and mana whenua on built environment projects across the mid-north. Event details here.
Venue: Various, Bus departs Hihiaua Cultural Centre.

Defining, Demystifying, Disentangling Documentation: A Striving for Collaborative Practice
Social Dreaming / The Night School with Maxine Goon and Tessa Forde present a workshop about collaboration in architecture with light refreshments provided. Book here.
Venue: AUT, Brightside, 31 Symonds Street. Starting at 2:00pm.

Walking Tour of The Hotel Britomart - *SOLD OUT*
Take a tour of The Hotel Britomart with Aiden Thornhill of Cheshire Architects to see more of this multiple award-winning project, which meshes heritage restoration with a new 10-storey brick-clad building and the creation of a new laneway. You’ll also see inside some of the hotel’s guest rooms and suites. Twenty guests maximum. Book here.
Venue: The Hotel Britomart lobby, 29 Galway Street, Britomart. Starting at 11:00am sharp.

Sunday 18 September 

Public Lecture: Jefa Greenaway — A Powerhouse for Change
One of a handful of registered indigenous architects in private practice in Australia, Jefa explores projects spanning three decades and the intersection points of cultural authenticity, indigenising design and the value of collaborative practice to assist in the existential challenges we collectively face. Book here.
Venue: The University of Auckland Engineering Neon Lecture Theatre 439, 20 Symonds Street. From 4:00pm–6:00pm.

Monday 19 September

Ockham Lecture: Albert Refiti — What is Pacific Architecture? *SOLD OUT*
Doors open at 5:30pm, Lecture begins at 6:00pm. Event details here.
Venue: Objectspace, 13 Rose Road, Grey Lynn.

Tuesday 20 September

Meet the Mayoral Candidates: The Shape of Auckland *CANCELLED*
The four leading Auckland mayoral candidates discuss their ideas for the future of Auckland chaired by architect Pip Cheshire. Each candidate will address concerns with the character and health of the city in response to the demands of post covid living and working, climate change and urban intensification. Doors open 6:00 for 6:15pm start. Book here.
Venue: The University of Auckland Engineering Neon Lecture Theatre 439, 20 Symonds Street. 

The Urban Room: A panel discussion on housing
Chaired by Simon Wilson, with Helen Robinson of Auckland City Mission, Prof Laurence Murphy at UoA and Mark Todd of Ockham. Book here.
Venue: Ellen Melville Hall. Starting at 12:30pm.

Wednesday 21 September

Futuna Lecture Series 2022: Michael O Sullivan of Bull O’Sullivan
Our very own homegrown architect, Michael brings a unique background and approach to his architecture that is distinctive, pragmatic and beautiful in its resolution and execution.  This popular series run since 2011 by Friends of the Futuna Charitable Trust is for the first time offering attendance by Koha. Event details here.
Venue: St Matthew-in-the-City, 132 Hobson Street, CBD. Starting at 6:00pm.

Thursday 22 September

Te Ao Marama: The space for decolonisation to begin? *SOLD OUT*
A panel led by Professor Deidre Brown with Dr Albert Refiti, Rau Hoskins, Precious Clark, Neil Martin and Richard Francis-Jones, explores cross-cultural space making and the role of Te Ao Marama South Atrium (which opened in 2020), as a cultural and social anchor in Tamaki Makaurau. Doors open at 5:00pm. Ngā Kākano wānanga begins at 6:00pm. Book here.
Venue: Auckland War Memorial Museum, South Atrium.

Friday 23 September

Party with architects band the Doors Jambs. -Details to follow.

Saturday 24 September

Open Studios Tamaki Makaurau — Te Tai Tokerau. -Details to follow.
Venue: Various.

Sunday 25 September

Walking Tour of Auckland Art Gallery *SOLD OUT*
Join the walking tour of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
Venue: Auckland Art Gallery. Starting at 11:00am. Register here.

Lecture: Richard Francis Jones, FJMT: Place Culture and Community
Richard Francis-Jones will reflect on the design and significance of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki as well as subsequent FJMT Studio cultural architectural projects that evolved from the critical intersection of place and community. Register here.
Venue: Auckland Art Gallery Auditorium. Starting at 2:00pm.

City Walk with Women in Urbanism *FEW SPACES LEFT*
How do you make public spaces work better? Join sustainable mobility engineer Ellie Craft and urban advocate Alex Bonham for a walk around central Auckland. We will share stories, insights, and urban planning tools, you bring your imagination and a pencil. Over two hours we will redesign six spots in the city to make them work better for everyone. Supported by Women in Urbanism. Meet outside the Ellen Melville Hall just before 3pm. Event details here.

Further City Walks / Site Visits. -Details to follow.

Wednesday 27 September

Fast Forward Lecture Series: Richard Frances Jones — Truth and Lies in Architecture
Architect Richard Frances Jones explores the nature of the great environmental, social, and cultural challenges in contemporary architecture, at a time when architecture has never been so marginalised and diminished. Event details here.
Venue: The University of Auckland, Design Theatre, 22 Symonds Street. Starting at 7:00pm.

For updates and to register for events, visit architectureweek2022.co.nz