Open the Gates

As the Train Station sets in motion to be built in the heart of Auckland City, Atrium on Elliott would become one of the busiest mass transit points of arrival and departure. When buildings undergo time transition, often their history gets lost with it. Material and structure all erodes away and new ones will get replaced.

But when you look at neighbouring of Atrium on Elliott, their history is still there and what architects only change in the interior while keeping the history of the exterior. Pyramids are one of the few wonders in this world which withstood the time transition because of its natural shape, the distribution of weight from heavy to light allowed a stable monumental structure.

The design component of the project is a ‘mass transit retail filter’ for riders coming and going from the station and customers coming o Elliott, Darby and Albert Street. The project seeks to allow the people to experience retail during their transit in the space of Atrium on Elliott, having a good ow of circulation and allowing people who are enjoying the experience of retail to not get affected by the people who simply want to transit the space.