An expanding business with no room to move in their existing workshop hanger, a new purpose-built building was achieved in a very busy and expanding Hamilton airport. The challenge was to keep and increase the functional areas of the business including the hanger, workshops, offices, and mezzanine storage and create an innovative design that resembles the companies’ values and professionalism. We also needed to factor in the additional compliance rules, as the site boundary is the Hamilton airport runway, so acoustic, set-backs, max heights and additional compliances are required in the design.
Key Features
The site has a large length of boundary facing the runway of Hamilton Airport and a steep gully to the North. The design layout needed to suit this business functional requirement, of providing a maintenance facility for Helicopters.
Architecture: Cullen Keiser Architecture
Location: Hamilton Airport
Year: 2023
Builders: Construct Ltd
Photography: Craig Brown
Design Features
With businesses that represents cutting edge, high-quality services, the design needs to replicate that. A sharp angled roof overhang gave the building that feature. The materials of colorsteel, plywood and colours complimented each other that gave the building an extra pop!
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