Footsteps from the city
1) Footsteps from the past -Old houses
2) Footsteps in the present -Site overview -GIS data -Environmental Conditions 2) Footsteps into the future 3) Unitary Plan 4) Sketch Concept design
Footsteps from the past
Grey Lynn is characterised by late 1890s and First World War era Bay Villas. There is a very distinct architectural style in the suburb.
Footsteps in the present
Connection to the land
Connection to Urbanity
Connection to Culture
Only 45 minutes walk from the city centre
Bus 020 and 020X along Richmond Road
Buildings and roads
Property Boundaries
Contours
Water and Waste Piping
Footsteps into the future
UNITARY PLAN PROPOSED CHANGES
Zoning and Infrasturcture
Natural Resources
Notable Trees
Built Environment
Height Controls
Historic Heritage
‘Street’ connections to nature (Cox Bay Reserve to Grey Lynn Park), Urbanity (Auckland CBD), and Residences.
Potential for Urban Farming and community growth
A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood. -Franz Kafka
The Richmond Road site is a notable retail area in this suburb, and a drive, and cycle here to shop at their local grocery store, the Countdown supermarket across the road, as well as at Farro Fresh, Mitre 10, and a plethora of other design stores and retail outlets that
The aim of this project will be to bring together these fringe elements and to create an exciting mixed use compound that will connect nature, to city, to home, in a space that will be heavily marked by