antarctica new zealand: christchurch

The brief was to make the extensive entrance area and meeting rooms of Antarctica NZ do two things: make international and local visitors instantly aware that the main business is the Antarctic, and secondly it had to be an area that was able to professionally display the creative work of those who had been "artists in residence" in Antarctica. With the use of backlit ice-green molten cast glass and white ice like floor tiles the visitor could be excused for thinking they were in Antarctica. Gallery level "frame and focus"" ceiling spotlights are used to highlight the work of the creative artists.