Things are either devolving from, or evolving to,
nothingness.
The closer to nothingness we get, the more at ease we feel. When we become one with the world surrounding us, the less we predict and the more we know. A space of nothing, Pure.
Architecture exists for the life within, the life it creates. Architecture is nothing without life.
So how can architecture bring life that exists out of the shadows into the light.
This unnatural land links us back into our past, it is our forefathers who laid the ground work for us to survive today and so architecture must pay respect to that which is lost, nature, and that which is gained, life.
disconnected. A word often used to describe so many issues facing us in society.
disconnected from each other
disconnected from society
disconnected from reality.
Hope lies within this ever developing world. The current city, connected to the region through an interlock of dated infrastructure and post war ideals. Sprawling suburbs coupled with a dysfunctional transport system create a city disconnected from its own reality.
but it’s time is now. The city is ready. Turn over the page and move forward. Embrace the new reality.
Architecture must return to the life that fills the void of space and light, it must give back to the people, return to the human. Architecture must step up from within the shadows and deal with the issues we face as a culture together. It must support us on our journey through life, supplying the ground work for us to build our lives upon. Architecture must return to the people. What do the people want. What do they need?
Retail Office Boutique Corporate Money Bigger
Are we doing ourselves favors? Are we actually answering questions or just creating more? The feeling of discomfort within the current city landscape is a feeling shared within the younger generation. A generation feeling so forgotten in the race to the top. Pushed down they feel by the heavy heels of those above, standing on the shoulder of the young to further progress their monetary value. Making decisions based on there life time, not thinking forward for the future New Zealand, but for their New Zealand.
It would be wrong for me to discredit precinct properties shinny new development proposal for the reasons of necessity. Office space is desired, but least we forget the people we draw in. The life that resides on the streets currently see the dark shadows that fall behind each high rise as the sun rises up over the harbor and sets behind Waitakeres.
The shadows cast by light are not the issue, its the dark shadows cast by space. Large caverns of space lurk in the sky, drawing the man from his suburb and into the cold dark urban life. This is were we find our answer. This man who travels. A traveler by choice. This area so lacking in life needs to support life to bring it. We need more office space, but first we need to support existing life, for if we fall to far behind into our shadow, we will never reach the light.
Its within our shadow we see hope, ideas manifesting themselves, shinning through the transparency layers of our past. We must march forward into the rising sun and build the road for others to follow. Looking carefully at our past and future reveals the development come to life in our city and it is here we realize architecture must become our life to survive.
Auckland Central Overall Numbers: 95,000 Total employees 30,000 Total residents 75,000 Total travelers 30,000 Workers within 500m
10 minute walk to transport node
16,000 Pedestrain Walk the waterfront 3,500 Ferry Passengers
25,000 Bus Passengers
5 minute walk to transport node 7,500 train passengers 32,000 Drive and Park
55,000 Pedestrains Queen St.
QWR
Waterfront
Queens Wharf Redevelopment
FBD
WA
Ferry Basin redevelopment
QW
Queens Wharf
BUS
Bus Infrastructure
BUS QU
Queen St Upgrade
ST
Quay St Street-scape Bus Infrastructure City Rail Loop Britomart Central
CRL BRI BRI
Park Residence Saffron Apartments
PA SA
Britomart Galway
HOT
Sofitel Hotel development
ANT HOT
Antipodean Apartments Maritime Apartments
The cosmic order. The belief in an order above human life. As humans we possess power to create change upon this natural landscape, we have the capacity to create influence beyond our own timeline. To transcend the boundary from our lifetime and into the next requires delicacy, precession and understanding. Understanding of the cosmic order of our universe. We must realize the impending changes on our landscape through the power of nature and embrace it. For so long we have fought the natural world, trying to distance ourselves from her, but now we must embrace once again and it is here that nature and architecture shall work together, coexisting to create architecture for the soul.
In a growing environment of dishonesty we must strive to be honest. Architecture has
the power to break down convention and bring new and old together once again,
and it is from this point forward that we as humanity shall progress as a species.
The node. A central hub for the city. A place to work. A place to live. A place to relax. A place to become human again.
Redefining reality. Reshaping life. Building the future