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The proposed building is designed to be a useful and beautyful building, that can serve the Cook Islanders a dozen of generationes because it is made out of concrete. Sited in the capital of the Cook Islands in Avarua, on the Avatiu harbour waterfront, in the north of Rarotonga. - Looking a its shape and its purpose, this building will be wellknown in the south pacific area and it will be taken away by a few thousand tourist photos per year. - It will also be an outstanding challenge to build it on an island. The chosen structure will resist tropical cyclones and cope with the tropical sun without air conditioning machines. It is the sunloovers that provide these little dots on the facade, that look like a fishing net. Multipurpose floorplanlayouts provide rooms for nearly a dozen different marine departments and the traditional fish and ship shop. |
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This picture shows the proposed building coming from the nearby international airport heading towards the Cook Islands capital Avarua. The beautyful colorsetting in blue and orange refers to the tropical attitude of using strong but happy colors under the tropical sun. It is exeptional to have a public accessable roof on a government building to provide good views for Cook Islanders and tourists over the magnificant harbour area and the northern part of the island of Rarotonga. - The wide open space in front is traditionaly used as a parking space, for the divers trucks, that come frequently during daytime, to use the slipways and their new red diversteps with a safe security railing. It might be an option to give the new MMR building a busstop, because there will be many more people working in the harbour area then. Overland cables can stay visible. |
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This is the most beautyful buildingsite in the world. Pacific waters, harbourbeach, flatland and the amazing vulcanic mountains of Rarotonga. What a beauty ! - Yeeaaahh ! But after having 5 cyclones it looks a bit it needs a clean up. On the left you see the marine vessel control boat that is sponsored by the australians. - Thank you therefore. In the middle you see the old O.M.I.A. steelframe shed that served for many decades and has been finaly washed out by a cyclone. On the right you see the Ex Ex Location where the Ministry of Marine Resources began some 30 years ago as "fisheries". Today there is still a branch of MMR operating inside. The "Maritime Training Center" is in charge to improve fischermen skills. The fish and ship shop (with 3 yellow sunumbrellas) is loved by islanders and tourists. Photo taken on a slow summerday (30°C). |
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View from the street coming from the international airport, heading towards Avarua. The capital of the Cook Islands. No traffic in the midday heat. But wait until the rushhour begins, then you can´t cross the street for 5 minutes. The site slopes down one meter from street level to harbourplanform (behind building) and 3 meters form streetlevel to the harbour waters. The new building will have to cope with there 3 meters hight difference. - Notice. This photo has been taken before the cyclones hit the buildingsite. The buildingsite is like a peninsula. As the building will be visible from all perspectives, even from above, it has to have a shape like a sculpture. No hidden backside here. The street you see is the main road. A ringstreet. During a week every citizen of this island passes the MMR a few times. - The building will be very close to the waterfront ... |
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You are actually looking at the 7 th drafts for the Ministry of Marine Resources building proposal at Avatiu Harbour on Rarotonga. - This is the concept plan !
1 st draft measuring up the sites, drawing up existing buildings, creating a first building proposal with 3 cylinders and 3 stories following the clients purpose list 2 nd draft shrinking the building proposal down to 2 cylinders but keeping 3 stories, creating floorplans, extending harbour wall and gaining 260 sqm new dryland 3 rd draft going inside to get some early floorplanlayouts, developing delivery zone and diversteps, writing down the gained knowledge into some Factsheet pdf´s 4 th draft developing a magic sunlooversystem after splitting up with partner architect, several refinements on building structure (getting help from locals)5 th draft moving MMR onto both sites, creating an environment that copes with the difference between street and harbourlevel (working and starving on Raro) 6 th draft extending the inner space 10% the building provides by enlarging main column circles, redrawing all floorplanlayouts (6 to 7 undertaken in Germany) 7 th drafts Pedestrian perspectives to be sure, exterior light concept and a busstop to complete the concept plan. Cross Section. Comparing foundations plan ! The following workinghours are not payed yet : No.1=76 hours, No.2=34 hours, No.3=59 hours, No.4=23 hours, No. 5=58 hours, No.6=44 hours (cut and heights) |
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