2012 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
New Lynn Transit-Orientated Development
Designed as a hub for a catchment area benefitting from improved public transport, the New Lynn Transit-Oriented Development also performs a welcome place-making function in a part of Auckland ill-served by generations of car-focussed planning. By lowering the rail track beneath road level, the Architects have untangled local infrastructural knots and provided ample space for a user-friendly platform. Laudably, art has been integrated into this gritty subterranean environment in the form of GRC relief panels, sculpted by Louise Purvis, which run along both sides of the track. A successor to the noble tradition of railway architecture, this project is a beacon of quality in a sea of indifferent buildings and a benchmark for future development.
- Practice
- Architectus
- Category
- Planning and Urban Design
- Location
- Auckland
