Bay Harbour: September 19, 2018

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Design for Collett’s Corner selected
Fire rages, homes at risk
• By Matt Salmons
A LINK to Lyttelton’s creative
chaos put design group in:flux’s
design The Hive on top in
the Collett’s Corner design
competition.
The winners were announced
on Friday morning after the jury
of Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner,
Tony van Raat and Ohu founder
Camia Young came to a decision.
“I would say it was extremely
difficult. It was not an easy decision,”
Ms Young said.
“All three were remarkable, and
I would have been happy with
each and all of them.”
The 1144 online votes also
impacted the decision, Ms Young
said.
When finished, Collett’s Corner
would be a 2300m2 mixeduse
building including accommodation,
workspaces, cinemas,
a bar, restaurant and hot baths.
Winning design group in:flux
was selected thanks to its recognition
of the area’s context, carefully
curated arrangement and
use of scale.
Combining grand size and
human scale were very difficult
to do in architectural design, Ms
Young said, and designs normally
only achieved one or the other.
She said in:flux had also
incorporated many suggestions
put forward by the community
earlier in the competition.
The in:flux team said they were
excited to help realise Ohu’s plan
after winning the competition.
Member Paul Anselmi said
to would be exciting to see how
the community would use their
design.
“On the other hand I think
the proposed prefabrication and
timber construction would be
exciting to see grow and add to
Lyttleton’s unique streetscape
and scale,” he said.
As well as their design being
used for the build, in:flux took
home $10,000.
The other designers, Oto Group
and AHHA were also recognised
for aspects of their designs and
each received $5000.
All three finalists had been
selected from a group of 31 initial
entries and had presented their
designs at a September 6 event.
Ohu was now looking for
business owners for the site
and would hold a second public
gathering on October 17 to share
the outline of the investment
proposal.
CREATIVE CHAOS: Blending with Lyttelton’s creative vibe won
the day for in:flux’s design The Hive.
Young people show passion for our natural environment
By Yvette Couch-Lewis,
chair of the Whaka-Ora/Healthy Harbour project
It has been a while since my last update. The partner organisations
(Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Environment
Canterbury, Christchurch City Council, and the Lyttelton Port Company)
have been busy since the action plan for restoring the cultural and
ecological health of Whakaraupō was launched at Rāpaki in March.
Our priority has been to drive the implementation of the Whaka-Ora
Healthy Harbour catchment plan and this starts with the appointment
of a manager to begin engaging with the community. One of the key
tasks for this person will be talking to local groups about how to support
community initiatives that seek to restore our harbour. More on this with
our next update.
We have also started to engage with the three schools within
Whakaraupō; Lyttelton School, Governors Bay School and Diamond
Harbour School. The partners have agreed to fund these schools to
undertake a project in their community that will help deliver the goals of
the restoration plan.
Recently, I had the pleasure of presenting our catchment plan to
Lyttelton Primary School. We talked about being a good kaitiaki
(guardian) and what their aspirations are for the future of their
space within the natural environment.
These students will be working on two of the ecological bands as set
out in the plan – Rocky Outcrops and Indigenous Forest, and Hills and
Lowlands – at Urumau Reserve/Port Saddle – on the eastern side of
Lyttelton. It is an area important for native plant regeneration, and
habitat for native bird and reptile species.
We are also supporting Diamond Harbour School, along with the Banks
Peninsula Water Zone Committee, Ministry of Education and Orton
Bradley Park, on projects to restore and celebrate Te Wharau Stream
(in Orton Bradley Park). I loved the passion of our rangitahi (young
people) to care for and restore the korowai we want to weave around
the harbour and its catchment.
At the launch the signed plan was wrapped in a korowai to symbolise
that it now protects the catchment of Whakaraupō. Each partner held
the plan and gave their commitment to its delivery. As part of this, the
korowai will rotate between the partner organisations as a reminder of
their commitment.
In July an important event took place where Rāpaki handed the
korowai over to the Lyttelton Port Company. Rāpaki will always be the
kaitiaki of the narrative of the Whaka Ora korowai yet we understand
that Rāpaki cannot do it alone, nor can the community. We all must
be kaitiaki. Our Korowai is a taonga (treasure) and one day it will no
longer be needed as a protective cloak and it will stand alone to be
admired once the plan is implemented.
Peter Davie (LPC CEO) with Yvette Couch-Lewis and Councillor Andrew
Turner at the landing over of the Korowai.
healthyharbour.org.nz
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