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DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND Media Briefing 25.06.14
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RWC 2001 Courtesy of Mike Mizrahi Inside out Productions
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Quay Street - Existing
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Quay Street - Potential
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San Francisco
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San Francisco
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River Split
River Split, Croatia
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River Split
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Lower Hobson - Existing
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Lower Hobson - Potential
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INSERT WATERFRONTPRECINCT IMAGE
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LAND OWNERSHIP
DowntownShopping
Centre HSBC Tower1 Queen Street
CPOBritomart
ZURICH House
21 Queen Street
QE Square
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CITY RAIL LINK
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DOWNTOWN BUS INTERCHANGE
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QUAY STREET
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Pre Pkeh &reclamation
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Originalbuilt
form to1960s
Lower Queen Street1920s s
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LOWER QUEEN STREETPublic Space Considerations
Site of Queen ElizabethSquare circa 1970
Ferry Building
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1970s
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1980s
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today
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The Square is a transitionalspace, perhaps a forecourt tothe buildings, but as apleasant place forpedestrians to relax in thecity it is a failure. The
reasons are both physicaland psychological.Even ona warm and calm summerday, there is little to attractpeople to the Square. It is a
dull space showing littleregard for human scale orfeeling.
Ministry of Works and Development 1977
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Queen Elizabeth Square ? Evaluation as Public Space
Positives: Civic space (otherwise limited in the downtown area) capable
of holding events Potential good relationship with CPO, an enhanced LowerQueen Street and redeveloped Downtown Shopping Centre
Site of Te Ahi Kaa Roa and Kauri Grove Close to the water
Negatives: Substantially shadowed by HSBC Tower, 1 Queen Street Lack of active edges onto it Place to pass through rather than linger Visual severance of canopy and physical severance of
underpass infrastructure & bus stops No direct relationship to the water Design ignores cultural value of location Doesnt reflect historic built form
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Five design principles1. Lower Queen Street & Queen Elizabeth Square a
pedestrianised Lower Queen Street and enhanced orincorporated QE Square.
2. Te Ara Tahuhu Extension (East-West Mid-Block Link)
new public pedestrian street as part of the CCMP lanewaycircuit
3. Little Queen Street (North-South Mid-Block Link) reinstatement as pedestrian route
4. Lower Albert Street Bus Interchange design integration5. Visual Connectivity key views optimised including to
important adjoining heritage buildings
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Within the Block Space Opportunities ? proposed roof top space
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Quay Street ? Welcome Mat
Project Status: design team to be appointed 2014Supporting Public Realm UpgradesPublic Space Considerations
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Potential World Class
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Potential World ClassCivic and Recreational
Public Space
civic spaceThe alternative world class civicspace in front of CPO enabled by:1. bus interchange moving to Lower
Albert rather than Lower Queen
Street2. creation of an east west public
street through the block3. Precincts development including
QE Square.
Retention of QE Square and deliveryof Lower Queen Street civic space a
none option.
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Lower Queen Street Civic Space
Project Status: subject to bus interchange locationSupporting Public Realm UpgradesPublic Space Considerations
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Lower Queen Street Civic Space
Project Status: subject to bus interchange locationSupporting Public Realm Upgrades
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Grand Harbour Stair - View from Quay Street (Viaduct end)
Project Status : UnfundedNew public space opportunities
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Admiralty Basin ? View from Commerce Street
Project Status: UnfundedNew public space opportunities
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Auckland Development Committee15 th May 2014 Resolutions
a) approve in principle the disposal of land on which Queen Elizabeth Square stands as part of the wider redevelopment of theDowntown Shopping Centre block subject to the outcome of associated statutory public processes (road stopping andrezoning of the land). Statutory process over next 12 months: Road Stopping Process (publiclynotified), Unitary Plan/Plan Change Process (publicly notified), Resource Consent (publicnotification to be determined).
b) agree to the sale only if the proceeds from the potential disposal of Queen Elizabeth Square are reinvested in new orenhanced public civic space/s that:
i. is of at least the same quantum and higher quality to the existing spaceii. is located either within or in reasonable proximity to the Downtown Shopping Centre blockiii. is capable of being delivered broadly at the same time as the permanent loss of the existing space.
c) direct staff to work with the Waitemata Local Board and Iwi on evaluating ? offsite ?public civic space options with the findings tobe considered by the Parks, Recreation and Sports Committee prior to being presented back to the Auckland DevelopmentCommittee for approval in August. Work underway: Downtown Public Space Evaluation Study (QESqand alternative ? offsite?spaces) - Reset Urban Design, Queen Elizabeth Square Evaluation ?
Jan Gehl Architects, Te Aranga Maori Design Principles Evaluation and Hui ? Design Tribe.d) agree to the sale of Queen Elizabeth Square being considered as part of the preparation of a Development Agreement
between Auckland Transport, Auckland Council Property Limited and Precinct Properties New Zealand Limited on the basisthat:i. its final inclusion remains subject to statutory public processes (road stopping and rezoning of the land).ii. the Development Agreement include conditions relating to the built form outcomes sought by council.
e) agree that any disposal of Queen Elizabeth Square is done so in the context of the overall masterplan and its vision for thecity centre and achieving world class outcomes befitting this unique space in the context of Auckland.
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Public Space Evaluation Reports Scope1. Strategic overview of public space provision in city centre/downtown on based on City Centre
Masterplan/Waterfront Plan.
2. Public Space Needs Assessment review of public space needs in the downtown area andbenchmarking assessment of Queen Elizabeth Square.
3. Assumptions document assumptions around future public space provision in the downtown area e.g.Lower Queen Street and Quay Street.
4. Initial site selection for evaluation based on sifting criteria (limited to area north of the old foreshoreline)
5. Selected site evaluation (ideally no more than 5) Evaluation of selected sites against open spaceacquisition framework criteria, public realm/urban design considerations , international best practice (toinclude workshops with Waitemata Local Board) and Te Aranga/Maori Cultural Landscape Principles(Design Tribe -Rau Hoskins)
6. Feasibility work rough scheme design and costing, delivery issues and opportunities,interdependencies and further work identification
7. Recommendations on space/s to be pursued and the associated funding and delivery programme.
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NEXT STEPS Receive evaluation reports from Gehl Architects, Reset
Urban Design and Design Tribe
Report to Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee on offsitealternative spaces - 5 th August
Downtown Framework presented to Auckland DevelopmentCommittee 14 th August.
Statutory processes related to potential disposal of QESquare commence August (subject to the above)
PPNZL due to lodge resource consent late 2014.