Designers of
Visitor Experiences
Jerry Hewitt is an architect, designer and artist whose career spans 5 decades and 4 continents.
He has designed a wide variety of public and commercial buildings, visitor experiences, exhibitions, retail environments, and private homes. He founded and ran architectural and design consultancies in London, Auckland, and Wellington, from which he managed projects in the UK, France, Germany, Denmark, Canada, USA, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
He established FIT Architects Ltd in Wellington, which has been responsible for numerous local projects, such as The Royal Thai Embassy, Ourspace – Te Papa Tongarewa, Tuhura – Dunedin Museum, and Manea – Footprints of Kupe. His 2-decade long collaboration with Gibson International has created visitor experiences around the world, delivering a unique marriage of built environments and cutting-edge digital experiences which have won numerous international awards.
This portfolio showcases a selection of his projects over the past two decades.
Projects
Ship-to-Shore
This permanent exhibition is the key component in a major redevelopment of the Texas Seaport Museum in Galveston, Texas. It traces the history of the port as the key immigration gateway to the mid-west in that late nineteenth century. Visit…
Contact
Jerry Hewitt
68 Messines Road, Karori
Wellington 6012