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Departed: Reclaiming Auckland’s Foreshore Pranay Veeral Patel Chris Barton & Lindsey Mackie

The design brief calls for a redevelopment of the aucklands shore and the port activity associated with this section. The repurposing of such a valued section of land is considered in the brief and through design development and group work, the site has been transformed into a newly master planned section of land which not only highlights the use for public interaction, but also allocated sites to specific needs of the port. For this design solution, the integration between a public realm and a newly design cruise ship terminal is considered..

Departed: Reclaiming Auckland’s Foreshore Pranay Veeral Patel Chris Barton & Lindsey Mackie

Public Solution: A major presence which is missing from the water front is the ability to provide moments where the land and water connect for the public to enjoy. With the port being of industrial nature, this connect cannot take place. This connect can be seen in Wynyard Quarter however the city itself lacks this connection and with the city being so populated, this connect could potentially see more of the public enjoying the city rather that separating the harbour and the city through means of commercialisation. The introduction of a park with a number of additions such as retail and water based activities, can see the port being repopulated with public life, which will enhance the connection with the water and create an enjoyable atmosphere.

2 image showcasing public influences in final scheme

Departed: Reclaiming Auckland’s Foreshore Pranay Veeral Patel Chris Barton & Lindsey Mackie

Tourism: Auckland harbour is already subjected to overseas tourist with many of which docking into Auckland’s harbour. Currently however, the port presents a very industrial presence with the constant flow of shipping freights being imported and exported from the city. This view of the port distracts from the beauty of the city, this is clear when compared to the view of the city when passing over the harbour bridge.

With such a great economic benefit which arises from the port, it makes sense not to entirely remove it, but however, consideration into moving the port elsewhere should be considered and the land repurposed for the incoming tourists, which in turn brings economic benefits.

3 image showing the need for a tourism aspect int he final solution

Departed: Reclaiming Auckland’s Foreshore Pranay Veeral Patel Chris Barton & Lindsey Mackie

Yokohama Cruise Terminal – Foreign Office Architects: A product of inventive architectural mythology and social conscious thinking. Designed by Foreign Office Architects (FOS) in 1995, the futuristic terminal represented an emergent typology of transportation infrastructure. Its radical, hyper-technological design explored new frontiers of architectural form and simultaneously provoked a powerful discourse on the social responsibility of large-scale projects to enrich shared urban spaces. The Cruise terminal highlights typology and expresses this notion into the design for the terminal, which functions for both commercial and public.

4 precedent study of the yokohama crusie terminal and its success.

Departed: Reclaiming Auckland’s Foreshore Pranay Veeral Patel Chris Barton & Lindsey Mackie

With the location of the cruise ship terminal on the right side of the port, this location is what is first sighted from cruise ship arrivals. The notion of including a green foreground to the city’s edge is favourable to both incoming tourists but also to the aesthetics of the city for public use. The addition of the terminal at this stage of the port not only creates a favourable destination due to the development of the rest of the port through public amenities, but also opens more space for multiple cruise ships to dock which enhances port activity, The issue that arises with the locating of the port on this section of the site is that the public space is then invaded with a somewhat industrial nature. In order to create a working relationship between public and industry, a balance between the two must be addressed through overlapping links between both, inviting each section to compliment the other.

5 master plan showing different activities considered on the new developed port.

Departed: Reclaiming Auckland’s Foreshore Pranay Veeral Patel Chris Barton & Lindsey Mackie

The initial concept takes account the locations of the cruise ship terminal along with the location of the waterline. The initial response was to move the entire cruise ship activity from where it currently is situated, to the new location on the side which I have created.

This however creates congestion in itself that is what the purpose of a second cruise ship terminal was based on. For this reason, a reduction of 3 ships to 1 ship was made, more specifically, the large cruise ships that cannot fit on the existing cruise terminal. This allows Auckland’s port to hold a total of 3 with the largest ships docking on the new cruise terminal.

6 initial concept design highlighing the significant aspects of the site including the new island formed

Departed: Reclaiming Auckland’s Foreshore Pranay Veeral Patel Chris Barton & Lindsey Mackie

The initial concept is a response to the site from a historical standpoint. With the port being of reclaimed land, the site is primarily an extension form what was the original shoreline located much further in land from where it stands now.

This concept takes the natural curves of the land and positions them over one another to provide an interesting form that is again overlaid with more geometric forms to respond to the current side. Together these then form the basis of the concept design on an initial stand.

7 concept itterations and their link to the form of the concept designed.

Departed: Reclaiming Auckland’s Foreshore Pranay Veeral Patel Chris Barton & Lindsey Mackie

The revised master plan works on creating a fluid flow between each aspect of the site in question. On the right presents a cruise terminal, used by both public and passengers year round. This is the greeted by a cultural centre which is housed at the plans centre. This centre along with the terminal share an island which allow of such uses as performances or cultural based activities. At the rear of the site holds a large spanning multi-purpose complex, which aims to incorporate both commercial and residential based holdings. This brings back worth to the port, populates the site further and removes a barrier to the site through means of diverting traffic. To the left of the site, it can be seen as furthering the multi-purpose nature of the plan with further public amenities including restaurants and swimming facilities to name a few. This sector also introduces the use of wet land to help clean storm water runoff to ensure the harbour is not further polluted.

8 overall site plan of the initial concept on the mater plan

Departed: Reclaiming Auckland’s Foreshore Pranay Veeral Patel Chris Barton & Lindsey Mackie

The plans of the building on an initial scale show the level of area and thinking needed to create such a space. The first image shows the ground level of the building. This shows the link between the ends of the building and how much space is dedicated to the terminal activity. This could then be used as ferry access when cruise ships are not docked, allowing for another means of transportation around the site. The middle image shows the upper levels of the building where office and apartment habitation occurs, this shows the relationship between work and living life and creates a space where no transport is needed for the workers when staying on site. The final image shows the dedicated space for the public extension which will accommodate for restaurants, viewing and other activities.

9 initial plans of the final proposition which express the flow and allocations of the specific elements of the building.

Departed: Reclaiming Auckland’s Foreshore Pranay Veeral Patel Chris Barton & Lindsey Mackie

The final model that has been proposed takes into accounts all of the previous examples and investigation in the design process. The need for both tourism, and a public realm was needed for the port of Auckland. The model presented is a 300m long building, which repurposed the original idea of a terminal, into a multiuse complex that allows for the site to further enhance its value. This multiple use of the side comprises of a large terminal, capable of holding the large number of passengers that the terminal may hold, as well as office complexes, apartments for those who work in the offices, and a public interactive space.

10 final model as per the time frame of development (much will change from this iteration.

Departed: Reclaiming Auckland’s Foreshore Pranay Veeral Patel Chris Barton & Lindsey Mackie

The public interaction with the site was of great importance. The original port saw the side completely restricted to public access, for this reason, the site is made entirely public, giving the initial response to the site as a public realm, with public amenities and plenty of green space. The building opens a section mid way to completely open up on both ends to allow an extension of the public realm to continue onto the building. This allows for more space for such activities as cafĂŠ and restaurant dining opportunities, public resting and viewing points, as well as allowing for the public to walk the length of the building at a height to view the enormous cruise ships when docked along side the building. This opens the overwhelming nature of the ships to the public, which was otherwise restricted.

11 perspective shot of the final model with the middle ground specific to the public interaction sort after.