Commercial Projects

Westpac at The Palms

The February 2011 Christchurch earthquake left the Westpac branch at The Palms mall severely damaged. The new Palms branch opened in September 2011 and reflects the direction Westpac has been heading with their branding and design, including the installation of interactive technologies for customer use.

Creative New Zealand

The brief for the refurbishment of Creative New Zealand’s Auckland office was to reconfigure the existing space to incorporate an increased number of workstations, a larger kitchen, a staff break out space, and an additional private meeting space.

Westpac Mobile Bank

In February 2011 Christchurch earthquakes left the city shattered.Within six weeks, Westpac's ‘mobile Bank’ was up and running to service the worst hit communities.

Waitemata Table Tennis Stadium

Context has designed a new national Table Tennis stadium to service West Auckland, working alongside the Waitemata Table Tennis Association and Auckland Council.

Project Unity Wellington

Project Unity aimed to unify Westpac’s corporate staff – relocating from various buildings around Wellington – into the one multi-storey building environment. The project aimed to create a collaborative cross-team corporate environment within Westpac.

Westpac Riccarton

Winner of a 2011 RED Award, Westpac Riccarton is a bold, fresh and forward thinking retail solution that takes ‘ownership’ of its corner site within the busiest shopping mall in Christchurch.

Corporate cafe, Wellington

Creating a funky cafe environment where people could meet and take a break was the aim of the game in designing a corporate cafe at Westpac’s headquarters in Wellington.

Westpac’s 24/7 community branches

Responding to the fallout of the Global Financial Crisis, Westpac developed a new community retail banking platform designed to grow its Auckland marketshare and build closer relationships with customers and the community.

Westpac’s Viaduct Basin

The Westpac branch at Auckland’s Viaduct basin is a flagship for the bank, exemplifying modern banking in an upmarket and design-driven banking environment.

Fonterra Brands NZ Corporate Fitout, Takanini

The brief for Fonterra Brands NZ was for a full refurbishment of their existing premises in Takanini. Context Architects worked alongside lead consultant Aspect Interiors in providing a flexible design solution for Fonterra Brands’ 300 corporate staff.