Demonstrating landscape and ecology values in stormwater wetlands.

Presented as a pioneering project for exploring stormwater management landscape and ecology values. Croftfield Lane Stormwater Wetland became a significant project. It demonstrates how stormwater wetland designs can provide many community benefits.

The project brief was to deliver a functioning and operable stormwater wetland. As a demonstration project, the design was stripped back. The landscape was back to its pure functions to derive a simple and expressive site geometry. Layer after layer of landscape materials, landform, planting, and structures, enhanced stormwater function. Additionally, providing an expressive landscape that could the public can engage with.

Location

Auckland

Project team

Mark Lewis

Project date

2017 - 2017

Awards

Award of Excellence | Infrastructure Category | NZILA Resene Pride of Place Landscape Architecture Awards

The project received an Award of Excellence in the infrastructure category at the 2016 NZILA landscape architecture awards. Judges acknowledged the complexity of Croftfield Lane Stormwater Wetland. They recognised that “A stormwater retention basin on an awkwardly-shaped piece of land has been transformed into a sophisticated haven of fluid transitional space, by expertly weaving complex and multiple technical challenges of water retention and cleansing. Croftfield Lane now provides an intriguing route in and out of the Wairau Valley Commercial Precinct."

"The base planning is clever, inviting and engaging to the user providing numerous options to move and interact within this small space, from the expedient to the imaginative. The palette used is restrained to what feels more like a selection of textures and forms than materiality. The client and design team are commended for their vision.”

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