326 Studio 6 | Week 3–6

Masterplan Process | Solidifying Ideas

collection of works from framework plan and guest lectures to inform masterplan concepts. critically considering what elements could be integrated into the site at block level.

Kobus Mentz Lecture — getting a feel of the site at scale and identifying opportunities and key design considerations.

Key Challenges

Working against the topography in a way that will connect people effortlessley into the site while also maintaining a sustainably utilised grain.

Vision + Principles + Key Moves

Vision

An Urban Eco- Village

Inspired by the Northcote Materplan and the Kaianga Ora guest lecture, I wanted to create a sustainable development that retains the very essence of its original functional identity.

“Beginning life as the Auckland Council Workshops, City Work Depot has survived many reincarnations to become a diverse neighbourhood of businesses that make and create ”

Tournament, 2022

“Messy attraction” — as Kobus put it — is the founding identity of this area of the city.

Key Moves

Principles

• Sustainability
• Permeability
• Identity
• Revitalisation

Concepts + Developments

Precedents

Resdiential —

• Goat Blocks, Portland, USA [resdiential commercial]
• BedZED, Wallington, UK

Open Space —

• Tåsinge Plads, Copenhagen
• Hurstmere Green, Takapuna