Places already exist. They have their own qualities, no two the same. We live, work and play within them, and they’re a product of the layering up of land, people and culture.
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“I’m literally on fire!” Paul beamed as he dismounted from his bike. By the time he arrived in Wellington he had over 1,500km of riding and 21,000m of climbing under his belt. We fed him up and washed his clothes and early the next morning I rolled down the hill with him onto the Picton ferry.
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When Te Ākitai Waihoua approached Isthmus to rethink an earlier masterplan for Wirihana, in South Auckland, we immediately saw the ability to weave the untapped value of the Puhinui Stream and its environs into an intensive residential setting.
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Isthmus and Hutt City Council have pulled off a vision for a vibrant urban park which has seen them win the Parks Category at this year’s Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards. Riddiford Gardens and Civic Park Park in Lower Hutt has been reimagined as a place to celebrate the heritage and contemporary culture of the community.
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The Isthmus designed Chimpanzee Park at Wellington Zoo has won the Playground Category at the 2019 Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture awards.
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Isthmus CEO Ralph Johns says the current New Zealand condition is we are increasingly physical and mentally unwell, our communities are disconnected, access to good housing is inequitable and our environment is suffering.
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Dr Kristina Hill is an expert on urban and ecological adaptation strategies for coastal flooding and climate change. She’s presenting at the 2019 NZILA Firth Conference in Christchurch in November.
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Ralph Johns - writer, deep thinker, urban designer, cyclist, landscape architect. We profile the Isthmus CEO who was recently made a fellow of the NZILA.
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Te Hauāuru Reserve is an integrated green space that takes its design takes cues from the site’s location within the network of upper Waitematā inlets and streams and the history of the kauri forests that once covered the area.
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Taihape - the gumboot capital of the world! At least that’s what the publicity has screamed for the last thirty-odd years. But now locals and the Rangitikei District Council want everyone to know there’s a lot more to tempt tourists off State Highway 1 and into the rural settlement than an affinity with rubber boots.
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