Aaron Paterson

Contributor Profile

Aaron is a director at PAC - Paterson Architecture Collective, an ideas-driven design office committed to intellectual and artistic rigour. We believe a thoughtful and inclusive approach to design, which puts people at the heart of any potential solution, is the key to compelling and positive architecture.

Website: http://www.p-a-c.nz/

Ground control: Rocket Lab

Projects | Rocket Lab’s new Auckland headquarters boasts a good dollop of theatre, science fiction and the very serious business of sending satellites into space. We set out to discover how its interior design copes with the very unique brief.

Dark and mysterious QT

Review | Australian boutique hotels QT are making inroads into New Zealand. Aaron Paterson investigated the brand’s ethos and future.

In:situ series #2: Alison Brooks

People | London-based architect Alison Brooks is the focus of our second exclusive in:situ 2017 conference interview series.

The Guna House

Projects | In southern Chile, this seemingly prehistoric house rests calmly by the lakeside.

Where is our collective imagination?

Practice | With urban house prices so high, the self-funded co-housing model could be an antidote to the market-driven developer model.

Interview: Pezo von Ellrichshausen

People | Aaron Paterson talks to Chilean architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen about some of their creations.

Tropical Box House

Projects | Aaron Paterson explores a surprisingly airy concrete monolith nestled within a Malaysian jungle.

A city’s interior

People | Jacob van Rijs, Dutch architect and founder of MVRDV, discusses his Market Hall project in Rotterdam with Interior.