Ko te hoahoa Dissolving Corbin Building Whare Whakamahinga Whakaranu nā Zihua Mo he kaitoa whakahirahira o te 2026 A' Design Award Hiriwa i te Wāhanga Whakataetae Hoahoa Waihanga, Whare me te Hanganga.
HiriwaWaihanga· 2026
Dissolving Corbin Building Whare Whakamahinga Whakaranu
nā Zihua Mo
Kaitoa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa i te Wāhanga Waihanga
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Mō Dissolving Corbin Building Whare Whakamahinga Whakaranu
Ko Dissolving Corbin Building he hoahoa whare whakamahinga whakaranu i ahu mai i te whakamahi urutau anō o te whare rongonui o Corbin i Lower Manhattan, Niu Ioka. Ka piki te whare poutū nei ki te tairanga 55 mita pea, e 15 ngā papa, ā, ka whakakotahi i ngā wāhi noho, ngā kīhini hapori, tētahi wāhi kai tūmatanui, tētahi mākete kai me te ahuwhenua poutū. Mā tētahi anga tira hou e mau ngā wae kōwae kua hangaia i mua, me ō rātou kiri pereki me te terakota kua āta whakaritea. Ko ngā māra tuanui me tētahi pāparakāuta i te tuanui i runga ake i te Fulton Center e piri tata ana, ka whakaroa i tētahi ara tūmatanui ka tīmata i te tereina raro whenua. Ka whakaarohia te tunu kai me te kai tahi hei wāhi hapori.
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Mō te A' Design Award Hiriwa
Ko Dissolving Corbin Building Whare Whakamahinga Whakaranu te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Dissolving Corbin Building Whare Whakamahinga Whakaranu he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Dissolving Corbin Building Whare Whakamahinga Whakaranu he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.
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- Āhuatanga Motuhake
- The project dissolves the historic Corbin Building into a vertical ecosystem where housing, communal kitchens, and a public food court intertwine. Solid walls transform into porous layers that blur domestic and urban scales, while a design language of dissolution mediates between ornate historic façades and contemporary simplicity. More than housing, it becomes an urban catalyst that nourishes community, fosters continuity across the city, and reframes everyday rituals as cultural infrastructure.
- Inenga & Pēketanga
- The project envisions a vertical mixed-use complex with an approximate height of 55m and 15 floors, integrating housing, communal kitchens, a public food court, a food market, and vertical farming. A rooftop bar is added atop the adjacent Fulton Center, while rooftop gardens extend from the historic Corbin Building. A new steel frame hosts prefabricated modular units with articulated brick and terracotta cladding, with strategies emphasizing porosity, modular assembly, adaptability, and sustainable urban integration.
- Tūtohu
- Adaptive Reuse, Mixed-use Building, Communal Living, Food Culture, Urban Catalyst, Historic Preservation, Vertical Farming, Public Food Court, Rooftop Bar, Community Architecture
- Hangarau Whakanao
- The design was informed by studies of natural morphologies and part-to-whole relationships, which shaped a methodology of 'dissolving'. To realize this vision, the historic masonry is reinterpreted through a new steel structural framework combined with factory-prefabricated modular units. These modules enable the complex articulation of brick and terracotta surfaces, assembled on site with precision. Digital modeling and parametric simulations guided iterations, while renderings tested spatial integration with the city.
- Wero Hoahoa
- The hardest challenge was breathing new life into a landmark once valued only for its façade. Balancing historic ornament with contemporary simplicity demanded a design language of dissolving. Socially, the project sought to counter fragmentation with food as a universal connector, while technically it explored how modular construction could realize intricate brick and terracotta forms.
- Rangahau
- This conceptual design research explored adaptive reuse of historic buildings and the role of food culture in urban life. The aim was to test how dissolving boundaries between private and public could foster community. Methods included studies of natural morphologies, urban context analysis, and digital modeling. Simulations examined flows of residents and visitors. Results showed that shared kitchens, vertical farms, and food markets can reframe eating as cultural infrastructure with impacts on business vitality, social cohesion, and urban design practice.
- Whakaaweawe
- The project is inspired by the challenge of renewing a historic building once valued only for its façade, giving it a second life through functional transformation and a dialogue between classical ornament and contemporary simplicity. At the urban scale, it seeks to dissolve boundaries, weaving architecture into the flows of transit and everyday life. Against a backdrop of global unrest and retreating cosmopolitanism, the design turns to food as a universal language, using shared rituals of cooking
- Roanga o te Kaupapa
- The project was initially conceived between September and December 2022 in Philadelphia, United States, as an early conceptual study. It was further developed and deeply refined from January to September 2025, focusing on the adaptive reuse of the historic Corbin Building in Lower Manhattan, New York, and its integration with the adjacent Fulton Center. The design has been prepared for international design award submissions and exhibitions, presenting both architectural innovation and cultural discourse at a global stage.
- Rerenga Mahi
- For the public, the building is entered through a food market and court linked to the subway, offering a place for gathering, dining, or simply passing through. A rooftop bar atop Fulton Center extends the experience to the city skyline, attracting visitors and workers nearby. For residents, daily life unfolds in porous clusters with shared kitchens, terraces, and corridors lined with vertical farms that provide food and greenery. Both flows converge in rooftop gardens, where living and visiting overlap as shared community rituals.
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