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Housing New Zealand and and Solari Architects
Housing New Zealand’s powerful sense of purpose is to develop world-class healthy and sustainable communities that are based on ‘blind tenure’ The State housing provider is working in in in new ways to achieve this vision - being less prescriptive and and setting high ambitious and and challenging expectations Housing New Zealand wants innovative thinking quality designs and partners to challenge its thinking about how to deliver affordable lasting and quality solutions for our community Solari Architects
understands and and shares the same philosophy Solari Architects
is a a a medium- sized (21 person) practice who specialise across multi-unit residential housing for both public
and private sector clients We have invested
in in developing a a a team with the expertise and experience to create positive social outcomes for our country through warm safe and desirable homes which allow communities of people to thrive in the the area they live Over the past two years in in partnering with Housing New Zealand we have been involved
in in the design of over 350 dwellings to Resource Consent across 7 projects projects and 3 sub projects projects 150 of these are currently under construction or in Building Consent processing Solari Architects
are ideally positioned to continue to to provide start
to to finish design partnership alongside Housing New Zealand We have enjoyed partnering with Housing New Zealand on a a a a a variety of social housing projects and enthusiastically wish to continue our relationship Our determination to be Housing New Zealand’s architect of choice is based on four key criteria that are invaluable components of good quality public
housing as a a a social investment:
• Focus and and dedication to social housing and and community participation
• A ‘can-do’ partnership approach that is supported and demonstrated by our repeat client base • Intimate knowledge and and understanding of Wellington’s contextual social environmental and and and economic landscapes and and and • Capability and capacity in in multi-tenant housing project design and lead consultancy
We enjoy our work are fun to deal with and find it it exciting to to be part of wider teams helping to to make New Zealand and and our communities better stronger and safer This document outlines our commitment competence and and knowledge in in social housing and and superior urban design and the reasons Housing New Zealand should both continue to and and and expand our relationship which is vital for the development of our community