Plant & Food Research
Hamilton & Padfield Buildings
Healthcare & Labs
Client: Plant & Food Research
Architect: Bosley Architects
Location: Mt Albert, Auckland
Completion: 2017
From Plant & Food Website: “Plant & Food Research’s Mt Albert site is the largest of the company’s 14 New Zealand sites and home to around 300 staff. As Head Office, the site also contains many of the administrative functions for the business. The largest building on the Mt Albert Research Campus (MARC) is the seven-storey Hamilton Building, opened in 1973 and named for William Hamilton, Director General of the DSIR from 1953 to 1971. However since opening, few significant developments have been made to the Hamilton Building and in recent years the need for significant remediation work has arisen.
The MARC Redevelopment Programme marks a major investment in the site intended to modernise lab and office spaces as well as develop conference facilities on-site.
The Cunningham building, opened in 1939 also underwent redevelopment work. It was named for Gordon Cunningham, first director of the DSIR Plant Diseases Division. The Cunningham Building sits in the centre of the campus was converted from office and storage space to become the new social and formal meeting area and the heart of the campus. Works were completed over the 2014/15 summer period.”
NZIA Auckland Architecture Award - Commercial Category - 2019
Plant and Food Research Level 3 Fit Out
Client: The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research
Architect: Bosley Architects & Labworks
Location: Mt Albert, Auckland
Completion: 2023
Healthcare & Labs
This 1,000m2 laboratory fitout on Level 3 in this 7-storey building uses the base build provisions we had embedded originally in 2014.
Through peer review of the design by a third party for compliance with PC2 laboratory standards, we fast-tracked construction and contractors involved early in the procurement process.
This project was designed with bespoke growth room to answer the scientists brief. Such as, the whole building/floor plate having air tightness in situ testing and an Independent Commissioning Agent was involved to manage the risks of disruptions to the rest of the building, which remained in use during construction.
