A competition scheme for a Fijian village to develop their ocean edge land for a new ‘tourist orientated’ retail centre with cultural focus and entertainment and using the disused sugarcane railway line for access.
Walker Urban design and landscapes undertook a report, in conjunction with other consultants, into the feasibility of creating a new town on a privately owned property . This was seen as an opportunity to utilise existing poor grade land to provide an eco friendly response to Auckland’s expansion needs with good links thanks to the proposed northern motorway. Our concept created one larger town along with a series of smaller villages and an eco focussed university.
These were to be nestled within an extensive newly created forest reserve set up in three zones for the locals and visitors to make use of. These zones were Living and Recreation, Education and Research as well as ecological tourism.
Development alongside existing hotel, includes lake front prime houses and terrace housing on a sloping north facing site with outlooks back to Queenstown.
Access lanes and landscaping with provision for community square and cafe.
An a greenfield site, bordered by existing roads to the West and East and a river to the North, a master plan was drawn up to explore the density of a particular proposed commercial development, for the land owners. The plan included commercial and entertainment buildings, fast food operators and a residential park for the elderly. The rural context dictated the approach to building form and material, density of use to traffic and circulation. This exercise allowed the client to determine the viability of the development to attract commercial operators, to gauge effects on local commercial operations and to assess local authority support prior to exploring development options and resource consents for land use. This project is currently under construction.
