Wai wai park Naomi Steel Chris Barton & Lindsay Mackie
Wai Wai park Naomi Steel Chris Barton & Linsday Mackie
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The site sits in Auckland city and acts as the welcoming view for commercial ships, cruise ships and more frequently local ferries. The Port of Auckland is the largest hub for importing goods and a significant hub for exporting goods. The port is often filled with hundreds of imported cars and of course stacks of shipping containers. There are ferries that run through the harbour on a daily basis, connecting the city centre with places such as Waiheke Island, Devonport and the Beachlands.
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wynard quarter britomart site parnell ‘the bays’
Wai Wai park Naomi Steel Chris Barton & Linsday Mackie
After looking at the surrounding areas of the site I wanted to pinpoint certain places and events that I thought would be important in finding out what this particular area is lacking. Britomart is the main area that integrates multiple functions with dining and shopping options and markets on Saturday morning. These functions work well together, however it could be more successful in the port site if more utilities and attractions were integrated together.
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Markets Key Parks Attractions Beaches Dining areas Shopping areas
Wai Wai park Naomi Steel Chris Barton & Linsday Mackie
Hana Naomi Sophie Lachlan Residential Transport hub Parking Tram Water path Roads Destinations Parks
The Port redevelopment will establish four key urban concepts that activate the site individually, as well as integrating the site back to the rest of the city. 1)
Water Axis
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Waterfront Precincts
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Open Spaces and Public Realm
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Transportation and access way
These concepts respond to the nature of the waterfront and the access to and from the site, while also creating a platform for an ideal urban landscape. These four concepts will act as guidelines for individual development of the precincts, and will create a unique identity for the overall site.
Wai Wai park Naomi Steel Chris Barton & Linsday Mackie
Quay street
Wai Wai Park focuses on activated open spaces, health and well-being and a family friendly environment. The project incorporates retail, commercial, residential, activated public spaces and parkland. The structures sit in the southern part of the site between Quay Street and Wai Wai bay. The site acts as a link between Oyster Bay and the cultural precinct. The project is focused on living around a bay, a canal and the city with integrated activated public areas.
Wai Wai park Naomi Steel Chris Barton & Linsday Mackie
A wooden boardwalk wraps around the inner waterfront edge of Wai Wai Park providing pedestrian and cycle access. The boardwalk joins the beach and retail structures. The beach is orientated north and looks out into the harbor and across at Oyster Bay. It is hugged on the southern side by low-lying retail structures that provide food and amenities for the beach goers.
Quay street
Wai Wai park Naomi Steel Chris Barton & Linsday Mackie
Quay street
Canal axis The canal runs through the site running east/west, linking the Wai Wai park bay area with Judges Bay. In the center of the site the canal widens into a resevior that holds activated public spaces such as outdoor salt water swimming pools, sitting nieches within the canal and bridges that link the site. This link also provides accessibility to paddle boarders or kayakers from the harbor through the canal and into Wai Wai bay.
Wai Wai park Naomi Steel Chris Barton & Linsday Mackie
Quay street
Public space Playgrounds Entertainment/retail Mixed use Retail/enterainment Commercial Residential
Use plan level 1 (ground level) The ground floor plan mainly prioritises entertainment/hospitality/retail uses in the canal and waterfront areas as these are populated by public. The south-western area comprises predominantly commerical use.
The master plan focuses on a mixed-use building typology. This is to encourage an integrated area where one can ‘live’, ‘work’ and ‘play’. The mixed-use typology also encourages public interaction with the site as the majority of the ground and first floor of the buildings are designated to retail or commercial use. Apartment style living takes up the top three floors.
Wai Wai park Naomi Steel Chris Barton & Linsday Mackie
Quay street
Use Plan level 2 (first floor) The first floors are predominantly for commercial use. There are some structures that have residential. The beach front properties are solely for retail/hospitality uses.
Quay street
Use plan level 3+ (second floor +) Level 2 and above is given to residential only.
Wai Wai park Naomi Steel Chris Barton & Linsday Mackie
The developed building is located in the center of the site, between the beach and the canal. The project focuses heavily on community and creating a shared environment. The building combined with the site creates a community for all ages and types of people and encourages social interaction within the complex. The ground level is made up of cafes and retail, the second level holds multiple office spaces, large and small and the top three levels hold 36 apartments. There is a basement carpark and a communal roof garden holding the building together.
Wai Wai park Naomi Steel Chris Barton & Linsday Mackie
A rooftop garden encourages individuals and families to engage and interact with one-another by having communal gardens and living areas, creating a more connected living space. The surrounding landscape and amenities create an all-encompassing environment with the majority of day-to-day needs provided.