This is an adaptive re-use of an existing vacant building, transforming it into a “Masterchef” cooking school for primary age students. Despite its modest size, the project was awarded the Learning Environments New Zealand Supreme Award for 2022. Judges praised the space’s dynamism and use of colour, and the way it frames and promotes the “theatricality” of cooking, presenting the activity as an “event” into which students are unwittingly drawn.
