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Three University of Auckland architectural students – Nicholas Rowsby, Brandon Carter-Chan and Joseph Trace – are this year’s winners of the annual Brick Bay Folly design competition.
Their winning entry, The Nest, was announced at a ceremony on site on May 7.
The students built their entry almost entirely of recycled wood, made by deconstructing a previous folly winner The Wood Pavilion.
They were mentored through the process to develop their skills in design, building, project management and budgeting.
The Nest is the seventh folly winner since the competition started in 2016.
This year’s judges were Pip Cheshire from Cheshire Architects, Philip Haycock from Naylor Love, Karmen Dumper from Resene, Yusef Patel from Unitec, Peter Boardman from Structure Design, Chris Barton from Architecture NZ, Richard and Anna Didsbury from Brick Bay, and Raymond Yoo from the 2020/21 winning Folly team.
The Nest will stay on-site at Brick Bay for two years before being deconstructed.
It is located just a short walk from the Glass House restaurant and is a part of the sculpture trail walk, which features more than 60 sculptures.
