https://wellington.gen.nz/basinreserve+architecture Items tagged with Basin Reserve flyover and Architecture. http://architecture.org.nz/2014/11/01/architects-draw-charity-auction/ Architects are renowned for drawing, so the idea of a charity auction of architects’ drawings as a fundraiser for our participation in the High Court Appeal over the Basin Bridge Board of Inquiry Decision is a natural one. But we’re aiming for it to be a bit bigger than drawings and architects, with an auction […] basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2014/11/01/architects-draw-charity-auction/ Architectural Centre Inc 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2014/11/01/architects-draw-history/ Hugh Ferriss “Metropolis of Tomorrow” (c.1929) Drawing has been a staple of an architect’s profession for longer than architecture has been a profession … … and given we are about to  have another exhibition of architects’ (and others’) drawings with the upcoming Charity Auction to raise funds for our involvement in the Basin flyover High […] basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2014/11/01/architects-draw-history/ Architectural Centre Inc 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2014/02/26/bucharest-flyover-impacts-on-town/ *Guest Post by Bill Toomath, one of our well-respected architect members of the Architectural Centre To gain a virtually realistic experience of what it would feel like to be alongside and under the proposed NZTA flyover at the Basin Reserve one can easily beam down on Google to a similar project at Bucharest in Romania. [...] basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2014/02/26/bucharest-flyover-impacts-on-town/ Architectural Centre Inc 2014-02-25T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2014/02/14/undercroft/ Debates about the Flyover proposed for Wellington still ringing in our ears (the Basin Bridge Board of Enquiry is ongoing as we speak), it seemed like an appropriate time to examine what the underside of a Flyover actually looks like. The answer seems to be: often Not Very Pretty. This one is typical. People living [...] basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2014/02/14/undercroft/ Architectural Centre Inc 2014-02-14T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2013/11/29/the-public-love-tunnels/ If there is one thing that the public love, it is being let in to a secret underground space, to go boldly where no one has gone before… And last weekend, Wellington was allowed to venture into the giant slice through the earth that the NZTA call the Memorial Park underpass. At present it is [...] basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2013/11/29/the-public-love-tunnels/ Architectural Centre Inc 2013-11-28T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/basin-pavilion-and-spine-study/ I did have a small post scheduled for tomorrow morning, but the release of both of these today sort of takes precedence! It never rains, but it pours! Seems kind of appropriate, considering the weather we have been having lately. So: seeing as the Basin Reserve “mitigation” study / blatant bribe to the Reserve Trust has been released, and the Passenger Transport Spine study, and the material for the EPA from NZTA have all been released today (there is no coincidence here, it’s all been carefully planned out), and that’s just al too much for me to post on – I thought I’d just throw it open for you to comment on. basinreserve transport architecture blogs Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/basin-pavilion-and-spine-study/ Eye of the Fish 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/300-million-airport-extension-and-light-rail-for-free-with-every-second-mt-vic-tunnel-built/ OK – Hear me out here people. There’s been a lot of kerfuffle over a couple of things this week – one is the proposed $43m strengthening of the old Town Hall, and the other is the proposed $300m extension of the airport. First things first : where have those figures come from? Put them [...] light-rail basinreserve runway-extension second-mount-victoria-tunnel trains transport airport architecture blogs Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/300-million-airport-extension-and-light-rail-for-free-with-every-second-mt-vic-tunnel-built/ Eye of the Fish 2013-06-15T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/flyover-vote/ Later today the Council will vote on their support of the flyover. Related to this, an interesting tidbit came out yesterday and almost slipped me by: “Steps to move state highway traffic off Vivian St are among measures needed to ease the impact of a Basin Reserve flyover, Wellington City Council says.” Holy-moly. That’s new. Up until now some Councilors have been willing to admit privately that the way the Ngauranga to Airport “strategy” completely ignores Vivien Street is absurd. But the Council in an official capacity has, as far as I know, never said anything to this effect before. basinreserve wcc transport government architecture blogs Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/flyover-vote/ Eye of the Fish 2013-03-20T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2013/03/19/response-to-wcc-evaluation/ The WCC has issued a report which evaluates Alternatives to the NZTA’s proposal for a flyover at the Basin. Download a PDF to read our response to the WCC report. Arch-Centre_Response to WCC report wcc basinreserve government transport architecture communitygroups Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2013/03/19/response-to-wcc-evaluation/ Architectural Centre Inc 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2013/03/06/mitigation/ In the case of the Basin Reserve flyover, the Wellington City Council has asked for further “mitigation” of the proposed Flyover (concrete bridge / Option A). For its part, NZTA has also promised some “mitigation” of the effects of the flyover, and says that they will focus on “mitigation” to ensure that the flyover is “integrated”. Trouble is, I’m not really sure that they are talking about the same thing. wcc basinreserve government transport architecture communitygroups Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2013/03/06/mitigation/ Architectural Centre Inc 2013-03-05T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2012/12/17/a-really-simple-movie-of-option-x/ Someone asked us to make a movie to explain Option X. Well, we thought, it’s a pretty simple scheme. Let’s make a simple movie. And here it is! Option Xplanation basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2012/12/17/a-really-simple-movie-of-option-x/ Architectural Centre Inc 2012-12-17T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/where-the-are-the-bike-lanes-already/ We’ve had a bicycle-mad mayor for two years now and I don’t think I’ve seen one new bike lane, or any real indication that the council still even gives two hoots about cyclists and pedestrians. In fact our transport planning has just become, frankly, bizarre. For example our city council, regional council, and NZTA apparatchiks seem to think it’s a suitable use of millions of dollars of public money to tack on a dubious pedestrian-walkway-cum-cycleway to the Basin Reserve flyover, so that we can walk and cycle from the tunnel to the bypass. You know, because there’s such a huge amount of people walking and cycling around the city rather than to the city. It’s a route that is barely used for obvious reasons and will remain that way, even if they do actually fix the cycleway so that it is a proper cycleway and not just some bike-shaped-stencils painted onto a sidewalk*. cycling basinreserve sport transport architecture blogs Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/where-the-are-the-bike-lanes-already/ Eye of the Fish 2012-11-26T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2012/08/07/memorial-park/ The Prime Minister has announced today that the Memorial Park is to be a Park, and not a motorway. Hooray for common sense, good taste, sensible planning, appropriate responses, and joined up thinking. There has evidently been a fair bit of quiet contemplative thought going on with this proposal, and what seems to have been happening is some good cross-party agreements, that what is best for New Zealand is to have a Memorial Park worthy of its name. No one liked the proposal of a motorway through the park, which is what a five lane highway at ground level would have been – and so good sense has prevailed. transport basinreserve architecture communitygroups Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2012/08/07/memorial-park/ Architectural Centre Inc 2012-08-06T00:00:00Z -41.2985159558661 174.777561700332 Buckle Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2011/11/22/dealing-with-wgtn-traffic-on-a-wing-and-a-prayer/ I’ve been re-thinking. What if, concerning the whole Basin/Option X thing, we went right back to the fundamentals of the situation and began from there? Forget flyovers and tunnels, Options A, B, X, X+, and KY(!); forget Sussex Street, Memorial Park, and even the Basin itself. What are the fundamental issues? basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/11/22/dealing-with-wgtn-traffic-on-a-wing-and-a-prayer/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-11-22T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2011/10/06/basin-flyover-live-council-decision-blog/ Here’s the link to the Live Blog for this morning’s WCC Coucillor’s meeting to decide upon the official WCC position with respect to the NZTA proposed Basin flyovers – courtesy of Dave Burgess of the DomPost. It should be a fairly heated session given the division within the Council on the issue, as reported here. PS: [...] basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/10/06/basin-flyover-live-council-decision-blog/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-10-05T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/option-x/ Following on from the usual tired old grumpy pro-road editorial in the Dom Post, which came to the conclusion that pursuing Option X would be a waste of time, perhaps it is time for a less jaded eye to look at the arguments for, and against. First up, and to some, most importantly, i guess that we have to address the question of cost. The DomPost identifies that Option X may cost up to $165m, which does sound like a heck of a lot of money, and says that the “agency’s preferred option” would only cost $75m. Well, that’s a slam dunk right there, isn’t it? One option more than twice as much as the other? Those damn pesky architects proposing being profligate with the public purse? Except that, no, i reckon that the Dom Post figures are wrong. basinreserve transport architecture blogs Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/option-x/ Eye of the Fish 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/wellingtons-flyover-to-nowhere/ The business of the Basin Reserve flyover has been on my mind so I thought I’d use this guest post to question our current strategy for SH1 between The Terrace and Kilbernie. basinreserve transport architecture blogs Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/wellingtons-flyover-to-nowhere/ Eye of the Fish 2011-09-26T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2011/08/31/local-insight-toward-a-refined-proposal/ So says Rod James, of the 1900 or so submissions received by NZTA on their recently closed public consultation on the preferred options for roading improvements near the Basin Reserve. his exact words are: We are grateful to Wellingtonian’s for taking the time to review our proposals… This will provide us with valuable additional knowledge and local insight to guide us towards a refined proposal. consultation basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/08/31/local-insight-toward-a-refined-proposal/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-08-30T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2011/08/26/it-actually-could-be-worse/ I just discovered this, and thought I’d share it with you all, as it is a topical image for today – the last day of submissions on NZTA’s proposals for transport improvements near the basin Reserve. If I had sighted it earlier I would have used it to threaten those of you who have not yet made submissions in a post entitled “Make your submission to NZTA or else…!”. basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/08/26/it-actually-could-be-worse/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-08-26T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/double-banger/ Consultation on the NZTA’s solutions for “roading improvements” around the Basin and through to the Airport (the tail end of State Highway 1, if you will), closes today. I’ve been taking a bit of a back seat on this, watching from the sidelines as the alternative proposal put forward by the Architectural Centre “Option X” [...] basinreserve consultation transport architecture blogs Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/double-banger/ Eye of the Fish 2011-08-25T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2011/08/24/vote-x/ The Friday 26 August deadline for submissions to NZTA regarding the Wellington inner-city transport projects is getting closer.  We believe this is an important issue for everyone to give feedback on.  Option X will tunnel State Highway One under Memorial Park, providing a space which will respect our war dead, and allow reflection and commemoration. basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/08/24/vote-x/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-08-24T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2011/08/24/polls-apart-the-verdict-on-option-x-is-all-good/ According to Warren Buffet, a public opinion poll is no substitute for thought. Therefore, I think that the results of the Capital Times Reader’s Poll are pretty encouraging for the Architectural Centre’s Option X scheme for the Basin Reserve: basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/08/24/polls-apart-the-verdict-on-option-x-is-all-good/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-08-23T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2011/07/24/memorial-car-park/ Since the unveiling of the NZTA schemes for around the Basin now almost a month ago, we have been having a good look at their back issues – the NZTA publications that they have been storing up away from prying eyes. Now, however, a good number of them have been published and are available on line. One of the more interesting things unveiled, is the plan of the work for the Memorial Park. basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/07/24/memorial-car-park/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-07-24T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/would-you-like-grandstands-with-that/ While the NZTA are serving up orders of Big Mac and Fries with a bit of extra Grandstand on the side, I thought we might just have a quick look at whether they are serving up a just dessert. Now, call me a cynical old fish, but I think that graphic (please note: Not supplied [...] basinreserve transport architecture blogs Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/would-you-like-grandstands-with-that/ Eye of the Fish 2011-07-22T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2011/07/22/option-x-faqs/ Thanks again for all your questions. We’ll up date this page to address questions as they come in, and supply new drawings etc. to explain things as needed. Here’s an initial batch of questions and answers to start with. basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/07/22/option-x-faqs/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-07-22T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2011/07/22/option-x-plus/ Thanks for all the comments so far.  Here are a couple more images which might answer some questions and may create some more.  The first image is looking from the North-east side towards the Carillon, which shows conceptually how the levels work. basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/07/22/option-x-plus/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-07-21T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2011/07/21/its-just-not-cricket/ Being keen on cricket I was shocked and amazed to see the article in this morning’s DomPost featuring, if the story is correct, a piece of horse-trading going on between the NZTA and the Basin Reserve Trust. The story raises a number of rather obvious, questions: basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/07/21/its-just-not-cricket/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-07-21T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/grandstanding/ We’d heard rumours at the Fish HQ of a proposed sweetener deal of a Grandstand, but have been caught off the hop by this – I didn’t think it was going to surface just yet. It is a curious proposal – and all seems rather Fishy to me. In a country notorious for its distain for, and freedom from corruption, is this the first openly blatant case of bribery on a large scale? basinreserve transport architecture blogs Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/grandstanding/ Eye of the Fish 2011-07-21T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://architecture.org.nz/2011/07/21/the-public-needs-a-real-choice-option-x/ The NZTA have proposed options for redeveloping the roading of the Basin Reserve.  But these are not really options. They are two schemes for flyovers which have very little difference.  We believe that the scheme/s proposed by NZTA exclude the public from making a real choice. basinreserve transport architecture communitygroups Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2011/07/21/the-public-needs-a-real-choice-option-x/ Architectural Centre Inc 2011-07-20T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/a-viable-arch-centre-alternative/ We’re part of the way through the public “consultation” phase of the NZTA schemes for “improvements” around the Basin Reserve, and so far we’ve only heard one side of the story. For whatever reasons, political, Machiavellian, or incompetence, only the “two options” have been proffered to the public by the roading lobby. That’s a real [...] consultation basinreserve transport architecture blogs Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/a-viable-arch-centre-alternative/ Eye of the Fish 2011-07-17T00:00:00Z -41.30037055 174.7802503270504 Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand