ProjectVogel Campus

The Vogel Building was an architectural icon, built to house the Ministry of Works in 1966. However, after 45 years it needed a major refurbishment. Providing full project management services, TSA Riley played a crucial role in the redevelopment of the Justice Centre (formerly known as Vogel Centre).

This significant project, achieving a 4 Green Star NZ – Office Design V1 rating, houses key Government tenants on a 4,464sqm site and provides 34,374sqm of office accommodation together with ground floor retail, storage areas and basement car parking. Developed in two stages (the new podium building and then the tower) the original Vogel Building was stripped back to a concrete ‘shell’ and re-clad with a new façade, underwent the installation of a new HVAC system, upgrade of the lifts together with complete refurbishment of the tenancy areas and toilet facilities. A series of link bridges across the Atrium provided workflow access between the new build and the existing refurbished tower. Adding a new façade enabled the tower floors to be extended from 801sqm to 1,022sqm which added to the overall efficiency.

Capital Properties (a subsidiary of AMP Capital Property Portfolio), also the owner of the two adjacent development sites, saw the opportunity to look at this project holistically. The result was an innovative design concept that provided two buildings on adjacent streets (Mulgrave Street and Kate Sheppard Place) that embraced the existing Vogel House and brought it into a single development with a large atrium space between the new and existing buildings. The atrium addition provides tenants with good natural light (in all weather) and a great space for socialising.