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The wellington pavilion
By the water.
Made for Wellington.
A new chapter begins.
The Pavilion has always been more than a building. It is a meeting point between the city and the sea, a place Wellingtonians recognise instinctively.
Now, it is becoming something new: a destination shaped by hospitality, wellbeing, public life and the particular energy of Oriental Bay.
From the archive · 1937
Drawn for
the community.
The current structure, which opened in 1937, is a reinforced-concrete bathing pavilion with a band rotunda above, replacing an earlier timber rotunda that was relocated to the site in 1917. It included separate changing rooms and quickly became a social hub for swimmers and concert-goers along the newly formed seawall promenade.
PLANS FOR DRESSING ROOMS ON GROUND FLOOR
PLANS FOR ORIGINAL ROTUNDA
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A forgotten rhythm for oriental bay
Swim. Meet.
Stay Awhile.
One place · An entire day
For the way
Wellington
lives.
Early
Swim, coffee, start
midday
Lunch above the bay
afternoon
slow down at OMÉYA
Evening
Meet under the lights
The View From Here
Wellington,
with the doors open.
Follow the journey
See it take shape.
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