CITY RAIL LINK INTRODUCTION
CITY RAIL LINK ROUTE
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CRL DELIVERY TIMELINE
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VERTICAL ALIGNMENT
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DESIGN PRINCIPLES Distinctly New Zealand The urban design concept for the City Rail Link is to be authentic and representative of an approach to the very distinct way of living and constructing within the fragile and ever-changing New Zealand environment it sits within. The station designs are developed to provide safe, functional and clear transport solutions. The key principles are Function, Performance and Personality within an overarching principle of Ecology. Each station has an even balance between functional design requirements, sustainability, engineering demands, performance objectives and cost, while reflecting the local culture, context and future city
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aspirations. Embedded in these is a holistic approach to the ecology and wider cultural landscape to ensure long-term social, cultural, heritage and environmental sustainability. Personality Each station is designed with a unique ‘personality’ – an identity developed from entrances through to platforms. For example, the Karangahape station’s Beresford Square entry canopy references the mana whenua narrative of Hape and his arrival to Auckland by stingray, while below ground horizontal banding of modular cladding mimics its local geology of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. Ecology Ecology is embedded into the design process to achieve integrated, cost-effective and innovative solutions in order create healthy, diverse and restorative environments. Urban Design The identity and integration of the stations into their local precincts will reinforce both their existing identities and a more pedestrian-focused future public realm in line with the City Rail Link intentions, Auckland Plan and Auckland City Centre Masterplan objectives. Security The principles of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) have been incorporated, as well as the optimisation of performance in terms of cost, maintenance and safety.
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MANA WHENUA FRAMEWORK ‘Tikanga Maori encompasses an important system of customs and values to conserve, manage and protect natural and physical resources. In the Maori worldview, all natural and physical elements of the world are related through whakapapa (genealogy) and each is controlled and safeguarded through spiritual beings. All living things have mauri. The protection of mauri is essential.’ (Extract from ‘City Rail Link Process for Maori engagement paper.)
A Mana whenua forum for the City Rail Link was established in 2012 and continues to flourish with their active participation in designing its infrastructure achieving a successful partnership. Relationships have been established with the eight iwi who self-identified their interest in the project: Te Akitai, Te Kawerau Orakei. Through an ongoing monthly forum Mana whenua agreed on seven key principles, which have been incorporated into the urban design framework. These are:
Haumie tiketike, a Maori deity born to Rangi and Papa, represents wild food, in particular aruhe, a local fern eaten by Maori. (Image Nigel Fish)
Purapura Whetu is a form of lattice work/ tukutuku pattern used to represent the stars, or a great population of people. (Image Huia /Pinterest)
Matariki is a 7 star constellation, with its brightness believed to be connected with the productivity of the next season’s Peru Peru potatoes. (Image NASA)
1. Mana – the need for relevant mana whenua groupings to have individual and collective high quality formal relationships with key stakeholders. 2. Whakapapa/Whakamana – names and naming as a means of reconnecting iwi narratives to place. 3. Tohu – the acknowledgement of wider mana whenua cultural landmarks. 4. Taiao – bring landscape elements back into urban areas (e.g. water, trees, birds, and insects). 5. Mauri tū – maintaining and enhancing the environmental quality of water, air and soil. 6. Mauri toi – Re – inscribing iwi narratives into architecture, landscape architecture and urban design. 7. Ahi kā – exploring opportunities to facilitate a meaningful living presence for iwi.
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Tane Mahuta is the name of both a giant Kauri and the Maori God of forests and birds. In Maori legend Tane pushes his parents apart to expose the sky. (Image Liz Clark)
Hape, a club-footed explorer, was barred from the migration canoe to Aotearoa, only to outrun the boat by arriving on a stingray, calling to the arriving travellers from a hill which is now Karangahape Road.
Karangahape Road was once a Maori walking route, with its path likely featuring crushed shells, the remains of small shellfish and pipis eaten by Maori while walking.
The Kauri, found in the North Island, is one of the largest and most ancient trees in the world. Maori hold it in the highest regard of all the tree species. (Image Jo Sollom)
Rain is a common occurrence in Auckland and would have been a prevalent force in the temperate forests from which the Karangahape Station draws inspiration. (Image Oli Scarff)
Sound and light could be integrated into the station experience through interactive elements. Sounds produced could emulate local bird calls or rain (Image Sound Art Sculpture by Harry Bertoia, Endthymes)
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BRITOMART STATION - Axonometric views • Reclaims the current bus interchange as pedestrianised space. • Britomart Station no longer a deadend enabling more frequent trains with many services more direct. • Will allow 30,000 people on the rail network in hour in peak (double the current number) with travel times across the rail network shorter.
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• Create a more integrated public transport system allowing more connections between rail and bus services. • Create a better connected city and city fringe: Aotea will be three minutes from Britomart, Karanghape Road six minutes away and Mt Eden nine minutes. • The Lower Queen Street bus interchange will be moving to Lower Albert Street. • All heritage values maintained, working closely with the Heritage New Zealand. • Will have bike racks and toilets.
Axonometric views of the redeveloped Britomart Station
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BRITOMART STATION
LOWER QUEEN STREET - Perspective view
New public realm used as event space in front of Britomart Station: view from Queen Street/Custom Street intersection at night
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BRITOMART STATION
BRITOMART STATION - Section view
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BRITOMART STATION - Interior views
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Britomart Station retail and ticketing concepts
Britomart Station interior view concept
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BRITOMART STATION
BRITOMART STATION - Public realm
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BUS ROUTES - New network •
Bus stops removed from Lower Queen Street.
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Lower Albert Street a dedicated bus interchange,
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and a major terminus for northern and western bus services. •
Albert Street will have dedicated bus lanes.
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Tyler, Galway and Commerce Streets will provide the second part of the bus interchange, catering for Mt Eden, Ellerslie and Tamaki bus services.
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A new pedestrian lane between Lower Albert Street and Lower Queen Street, forming part of the City
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Fanshawe Street has a dedicated bus facility.
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BRITOMART STATION
Centre Masterplan’s Laneway Circuit.
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ALBERT STREET
ALBERT STREET - Streetscape perspective
Photoshop illustration showing Albert Street streetscape concept mid-block
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ALBERT STREET
ALBERT STREET - Streetscape plan view
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AOTEA STATION - Perspective view
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• Aotea Station could become the busiest railway station in Auckland. • It will have entrances on Victoria Steet and Wellesley Street. • It will be close to Aotea Centre in the cultural precinct with the Town Hall, Civic, Q Theatre, etc nearby. • The new streetscape on Albert Street will have wider footpaths and more priority for buses. • Victoria Street entrance will feed into the Victoria Street linear park, which is in the City Centre
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Masterplan. • It will be future-proofed for possible development above the entrance. • It will have bike racks and toilets.
Architectural concept of the Aotea Station Wellesley Street entrance viewed from Albert Street and Wellesley Street intersection
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AOTEA STATION
AOTEA STATION - Section view
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Section view of the Aotea Station box Page 17
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KARANGAHAPE STATION - Beresford entrance axonometric • Karangahape Station will he the deepest station at 30metres depth. • It has been designed to have two entrances, one at Beresford Square and one at Mercury Lane, only one of which will be constructed initially. • The Beresford Square entry canopy references the Mana whenua narrative of Hape and his arrival to Auckland by stingray.
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• Its surroundings will be totally redeveloped as a pedestrianised area while maintaining vehicle access. • Heritage values will be maintained. • It will have bike racks and toilets.
Beresford Square entrance axonometric showing canopy entry and pedestrianised surroundings
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KARANGAHAPE STATION - Mercury Lane entrance perspective • The Mercury Lane entrance provides an opportunity to improve the lane as part of the station entry development. • It’s expected that it will be a catalyst for urban development in the surrounding area.
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• It will be futureproofed for possible development above the entrance.
Mercury Theatre
Perspective view of Mercury Lane entrance
Part axonometric view of Mercury Lane entrance surface structure facade Page 19
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KARANGAHAPE STATION
BERESFORD ENTRANCE - Daylighting section views
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KARANGAHAPE STATION
KARANGAHAPE STATION - Entrance section views
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MT EDEN STATION
MT EDEN STATION - Plan view
Plan view of Mt Eden Station Page 22
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MT EDEN STATION
MT EDEN STATION - Perspective view
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Perspective view of Mt Eden Station connecting to Kingsland, Grafton and the city stations
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EARLY CONSTRUCTON WORKS
EARLY WORKS CONSTRUCTION (Starts 2015/2016 completed 2018/2019)
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Britomart to Downtown Shopping Centre (DSC)
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• Pedestrian access always maintained. • Front/west entrance of Britomart Station closed, rail users enter the station from the rear/east entrance. • Pedestrians can access Lower Queen Street from Tyler and Galway Streets. • Traffic in one direction in Tyler and Galway Streets. • Lower Queen Street completely closed to vehicles. • Temporary bridging and decking for pedestrians and cyclists on Lower Queen Street. • Underground walkway removed Britomart and DSC. access. Where possible bus stops will be moved to new permanent locations. • No left turn for traffic from Quay into Albert Street. • Temporary construction accommodation at the rear / east entrance of Britomart.
Downtown Shopping Centre (DSC) • Precinct Properties develop their DSC site as a laneway retail development and a 36-level tower, constructing the CRL tunnels beneath. Work is due to begin mid-2016 with completion by 2019.
Albert Street from Custom Street to Wyndham Street • Pedestrian access always maintained. • A traffic lane in each direction. • Bus operations removed from Albert Street. Where possible bus stops will be moved to new permanent locations. • Some impact on traffic lanes at the corner of Victoria and Albert Streets for up to 16 months due to a stormwater line relocation. • Constructing cut and cover tunnels up Albert Street to the southern side of Wyndham Street. • A laydown area in lower Albert Street with Custom Street kept open.
Next phase of construction
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• Bus operations removed from Tyler, Galway and Lower Queen Streets to create a construction zone and safe pedestrian