UC's brand-new purpose-built facility, 罢耻辫耻腻谤补苍驳颈, will provide catered accommodation to 283 students, featuring single ensuite rooms, study spaces, and shared lounges, all designed to enable the transition to independence while promoting socialisation, friendship, safety and well-being. Students can request to be co-located with other M膩ori or Pacific students.
罢耻辫耻腻谤补苍驳颈 has been gifted its name by the local iwi Ng膩i T奴膩huriri.听 The building will be located next to 罢耻辫耻腻苍耻办耻 on the border of the Ilam heritage garden. The design will bring the gardens into the building to provide a safe, peaceful retreat that supports the health and wellbeing of students. It will also have a cultural narrative embedded into the design features of the building, creating design that celebrates the weaving together of the Ng膩i T奴膩huriri aesthetic and local stories.
罢耻辫耻腻谤补苍驳颈 is one of the nine stars associated with Matariki. 罢耻辫耻腻谤补苍驳颈 (Atlas) has a connection to food and growth. 鈥楾upu鈥 or 鈥榯ipu鈥 means 鈥榯o grow鈥 and rangi is taken from Rangi 鈥 the Sky, representing sustenance received from the upper canopies of Aotearoa New Zealand鈥檚 native forests providing both nourishment and resources for growth.
Further considerations of the design include optimising the structure with a highly efficient spatial configuration, minimising construction-related impacts on the operation of the student living precinct at Homestead Lane, and enabling a fast-track construction methodology, ensuring the project opens in time for Semester 1, 2026.
Dining hall
