Our Spaces at the Hub

Room 1
Sunny cozy room

​Room 1 is a very comfortable room with tables and chairs for 35/40 people.
There is a small, but cozy alcove with couches and sofas.
The room is easy to customize. 
If requested, More chairs can be provided.

There is a full kitchen facility with stove, oven, refrigerator, dishwasher. Dishes, cutlery and cups available. There are tea and coffee making facilities.
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Big white board on the wall, television, portable projector an old laptop are available in the room.

Room 10
​The ex staff room

Room 10 is a mix of coziness and practicality. It is furnished with several couches and armchairs and with tables and chairs for about 40/45 people. A piano adds atmosphere to the room!
The room is easy to customize. 
If requested, More chairs can be provided.
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There is a full kitchen facility with stove, oven, refrigerator, dishwasher. Dishes, cutlery and cups available. There are tea and coffee making facilities.
Two big white boards on the wall, screen and projector already connected to a desktop computer.

Room 10A
​The former Resource Room

Room 10A is the perfect classroom for trainings and workshops.
Desks and chairs for about 35 people. Foldable desks and more chairs are available in the room which is easy to customize. 

This is the only room without a full kitchen facility and running water.
​However there is a fridge and tea and coffee making facilities are provided together with caps and dishes.

The room is equpped with two white boards, a screen, a projector and a television.

For booking or enquiries about bookings please contact Natalie: natalie@phillipstown.org.nz
022 476 7227 - (03) 379 3256

Prices

$17 per hour
for groups & agencies whose services are funded

$12 per hour
for groups of interest -
​non funded

* Bookings need to fit within the guidelines for use set by the PCCCT and the MOE. The Hub Office reserves the right to decline any booking if we feel the activity does not fit within the guidelines.

Kotahitanga - outdoor gathering space​

Outdoor gathering space with tables and chairs for 30 people.
Pizza oven  and BBQ.
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Pop-up playground for little children and
the Imaginarium for older children.

For the stories behind the Kotahitanga and the Imaginarium, please see below!
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The Imaginarium

Over the course of two weeks in the 2020  summer, 21 children who were enrolled in the OSCAR school holiday programme at Phillipstown Hub took part in a design-build project for their play area.
The project followed a design thinking process, exploring meaningful ways for children to participate in designing their outdoor environment.

​By allowing children to lead the decision-making process, the final outcome has been a true reflection of their experiences and aspirations, not just our assumptions of the kind of space they would like to play in.

​Through the design thinking process, the children were able to show us uses of space, and issues which are not always obvious to adults. We were able to see first-hand what children are capable of, through a process traditionally reserved for adults.

The Imaginarium has been shortlisted for the Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards 2022 (in the category "He iti Pounamu")

We’ve also learned that a rich outcome is possible when we focus on children’s lived experiences of space rather than our adult abstract concepts which typically exclude children from public space design.
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The process has been documented by local filmmaker John Sellwood and here is the video!
Nothing of this would have been possible without: Gather Landscape Architecture, Telling Lives, Rotary Club, Lions Club Ferrymead, Hamptons ITM

The Imaginarium has been awarded joint winner at the Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards 2022 in the category of He Iti Pounamu.

Kotahitanga

Kotahitanga, is a community gathering space which opened 25th of March 2018 designed and created by The Green Lab together with the Hub whanau. 
Named by the community who it was built with and for, Kotahitanga means togetherness, unity, solidarity, collective action. It was designed to be a space which reflects its name, offering facilities for cooking and sharing kai (food), performances, workshops, and meetings.

The Green Lab (at the time, Greening the Rubble) started consultation with the community at the Phillipstown Hub in April 2017, working with focus groups to determine what their wider community wanted and needed from the space.

The completed facility has two roofed structures with a pizza/bread oven, dining tables and chairs, a bench space and a raised wooden stage. The area is surrounded by gardens and is modular and moveable. Since its completion, Kotahitanga has hosted numerous events; from communal dinners and lunch meetings, to workshops and community festivals.

Both the design and construction of Kotahitanga were made possible through the generous donation of both people’s time and construction materials. The support from the Christchurch City Council and the generous contributions of local businesses was been invaluable to the success and scope of this project. To all the volunteers, sponsors and supporters, thank you!