2023 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Ngā Hau Māngere - Old Māngere Bridge
Ngā Hau Māngere is a successful marriage of community-engaged design and engineering. Replacing a century-old crossing, the new structure serves as a social hub that promotes active transport and community gatherings. Developed in partnership with Mana Whenua and guided by public feedback, the bridge bends mid-span to change the traveller’s mid-journey view of their destination, offers views of the maunga (mountains) at either end, and provides generous space for pedestrians, cyclists and fishers, with inbuilt seating and rod holders. It has quickly become a local aesthetic treasure, with an inclined steel arch creating a visual link between the upper and lower harbour, and a colour gradient referencing fish scales that change as the traveller moves across the span.
- Practice
- Bossley Architects Ltd
- Category
- Planning & Urban Design
- Location
- Auckland
