C Drive

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Awards

• 2003 NZIA Architecture Award
• 2003 NZIA Colour Award
• 2003 Property Council of New Zealand Special Purpose Excellence Award
• 2003 RICS People’s Choice Award
• 2002 New Zealand Institute of Building Innovation Award
• 2002 USA Architectural Record/Business Week Award
• 2002 EECA Innovation Award
• 2002 New Zealand Lighting Society Premier Award

C:Drive is a multi-use centre tenanted by ASB Bank Ltd. The building, designed in association with Jasmax (Auckland), is located at 33 Corinthian Drive alongside the Albany expressway S.H. 17 north of Auckland. The project addresses ASB Bank’s business objectives to: * change the way they work; * change their traditional organisational culture; * push the bounds of corporate structure; * reduce hierarchical implications often inherent in workplace design; * create a point of difference within the marketplace; and * create a special place to work.

The developer, client/tenant and designer needed to look beyond the ’square box’ to achieve and endorse the final design outcomes to exceed the project focus and bring innovative thinking into the New Zealand office market workplace. This innovative design process of bringing the key decision makers together to challenge the traditional space planning concepts started by reviewing the individual workplace and desking system - taking a non-traditional approach to building design and interior design by starting from the inside-out. The building is designed, and interior planning completed, to meet job functionality. In terms of space efficiency, the current workplace workstation layout betters contemporary market ratios.