Unique Outdoor Spaces Ltd

Name: Unique Outdoor Spaces Ltd
Address: Auckland, NZ
Telephone: +6421300408

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UNIQUE OUTDOOR SPACES LTD specialises in creating outdoor areas that are functional yet beautiful to be in.

In 1994 I designed and built a three-level in-situ adobe (a very sculptable form of mud-brick) sustainable home, moulded into the side of a hill. featuring a passive solar design, curved walls, grass roof, hand-made wooden and steel internal staircase, adobe walls throughout, mosaic features and hand crafted cabinetry. A carving workshop with master carver and Tohunga Wallace Hetaraka inspired me

to explore the medium of wood in more depth. Through this I started carving a series freeform wooden bowls and vessels, which than led into working for a few years as a self-employed art-furniture maker. In 2003 I started teaching sculptural building workshops, incorporating various materials and styles with a strong emphasis on collaboration and inclusiveness. I initiated, designed and managed in excess of 20 sculptural adobe art workshops/projects in Australia and New Zealand. I was commissioned by the Waitakere City Council and also by Project Twinstreams to run, design and organise or participate in various community art projects in parks and schools, consistently delivering dynamic visual improvement. I have also designed and built various small to medium scale artistic landscape projects

I have over 20 years experience in earth building techniques and incorporated ferro cement, steel, other metals, glass, rocks, mosaics etc. I have carpentry skills, have built 3 major buildings and various smaller ones with creative use of a combination of the materials listed above. I have fine woodworking skills and experience in woodcarving. I have a wide skill base and a sound understanding in electrical, plumbing and masonry work. I have the ability to facilitate projects with people from all walks of live. Teachers, principals, school children, hearing impaired school children, community groups, corporate managers, their staff, to name a few. I have experience in managing large groups with a varying level of skill and expertise. I can motivate and empower people, and help them to tap into their creative potential. I have leadership and people management skills and the ability to work under stressful conditions to tight deadlines. I am a problem solver

I'm also a permaculture designer, always bearing in mind the complex environmental and social connections with all my design work.

23/05/2022

17/07/2021

05/07/2020

The Waikato River Authority is asking Auckland to pay $20 million a day for the water taken from the river. Video / Supplied

30/06/2020

A $5k fee on installing tanks at home has been dropped to encourage water collection.

24/05/2020

Community food resilience is central to the ethics of permaculture. Trish Allen, my co-tutor on the upcoming Matakana modular PDC, discusses the importance of establishing food resilience in this article published by the Permaculture Research Institute. Check out our upcoming workshops and events to be able to learn from this inspirational teacher and gain skills to improve resilience in your own community. https://www.facebook.com/events/176776020330758/

Never before, in my lifetime, have local food systems and community resilience been so clearly highl

15/01/2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP6V3yx4IhI&t=14s
My exciting earthbuilding project from 2017 - lots of happy hands helped to sling mud to build the walls for this amazing outdoor bathroom. Wow what a view!

Adobe-in-situ bath-house with polished concrete hand basin & floor

10/04/2017

First outing of the bell installation! Had lots of fun sharing it and making people smile.

This outdoor musical installation was designed using disused, expired oxygen bottles that I cut to various sizes to replicate musical notes when hit. The vis...

09/04/2017

Had a great time at Eco Day, setting up the oxygen bells.

03/04/2017

This is "Gustavo Pérez" by MPBA editorial on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

28/03/2017

17/02/2017

Looking forward to working with some students at Northcross Intermediate School.
Check out the design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRqToKcQKq4

29/09/2016

A short history to the Tuatara playground
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1XLEBxr1jI

School playground at Te Matauranga School, created by Guenther Andraschko from Unique Outdoor Spaces Ltd

18/09/2016

The best part is seeing happy kids playing after taking the security fence down!!

18/09/2016

painted & re-painted.........

24/07/2016

The bottle instrument is getting closer to being finished.
Painting will be finished by the school-kids with Rowena from Blue Turtle Design.
Picked up another 22 bottles for the next project.

21/07/2016

Finished painting the Tuatara with Rowena from Blue Turtle Design.
Starting to build 3 vertical planters next.

19/06/2016

The exciting musical instrument project progresses...gas bottles have just arrived back after having been sand blasted and primed. Now they're waiting to be arted up!

Address

Auckland

Telephone

+6421300408

Website

http://guenther3.wixsite.com/uniqueoutdoorspaces/contact

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