Not cheap In light of the Rural Urban Boundary cluster-fudge caused by Labour’s Phil Tywford the housing and Unitary Plan debate has gone entirely amok after it had calm … Continue reading $17b is the Cost to Service Greenfield Sprawl in Auckland #AKLPols ($121k per new house)
Improving Housing in Manukau When improving an existing residential area such as the residential area of Manukau (south of the Manukau City Centre) and Rata Vines the imperative to … Continue reading #TransformManukau – Housing. Part 12 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
Opportunities for a “Main Street” With Davies Avenue as the premier street and Manukau Station Road as the main east-west mass transit corridor the Transform Manukau Series swings back … Continue reading #TransformManukau – Ronwood Avenue. Part 11 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
Southern main corridor needs humanising With Davies Avenue covered (see: #TransformManukau – The Davies Avenue Axis. Part 9 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series) as a premier boulevard … Continue reading #TransformManukau – Manukau Station Road. Part 10 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
First stage/project of the Panuku Transform Manukau Project In the Transform Manukau series I have covered the following up until now: The case for Transform Manukau and the authorisation … Continue reading #TransformManukau – The Davies Avenue Axis. Part 9 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
The human element is missing from Manukau In the previous post of this series (#TransformManukau – The Context. Part 7 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series) I looked … Continue reading #TransformManukau – Missing the Human Element. Part 8 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
Context leading up to Transform Manukau In my sit down with Panuku Development Auckland I fleshed out the lead-up to Transform Manukau, the major transform urban renewal program being lead … Continue reading #TransformManukau – The Context. Part 7 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
Manukau has a story to tell and we all need to be part of that story Included is the High Level Project Plan Panuku Development Auckland have published the … Continue reading #TransformManukau – A Story Be Told. Part 6 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
Quick wins and bottom up place making In light of IKEA, Apartments and a Park All-in-One? France Was Able to Do It and @DevelopmentAKL Needs a #TransformManukau Quick Win. Let’s Build Apartments/Mixed Use … Continue reading Let’s Have an Urban Design Competition (or two) in Manukau #TransformManukau
France and IKEA show how to do a mixed development In October last year I floated the idea of IKEA in Manukau City Centre as part of redeveloping Manukau … Continue reading IKEA, Apartments and a Park All-in-One? France Was Able to Do It
Talking Southern Auckland 