HOMEGROUND, AUCKLAND CITY MISSION by Stevens Lawson Architects

HomeGround is a visionary social services and supportive living facility; one of the most comprehensive of its kind in the world. Operating across multiple social, cultural and ecological measures, this project embodies manaakitanga and kaitiakitanga, and has achieved 80% less embodied carbon in its construction over a 60 year life.

With a vision to end chronic homelessness in central Auckland, Auckland City Mission – Te Tāpui Atawhai has opened HomeGround, a centre for integrated health and community services alongside residential accommodation. Stevens Lawson Architects started on this journey with the City Mission and mana whenua in 2006, working with the Breaking Ground principles, a supportive housing model developed in New York City in the 1990s. By bringing permanent housing, wraparound care, and addiction support together on the same site, Auckland City Mission is able to substantially reduce homelessness in the community in a sustainable way.