2010-06-22 Urban Design Plan for the SH20 Waterview Communities Report

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URBAN DESIGN PLAN FOR THE SH20 WATERVIEW CONNECTION COMMUNITIES Prepared by North Western Community Association

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This document was developed in response to the Transport Agencys SH20 Waterview Connection

project. Its aim is to start a conversation with local groups, organisations and institutions around what

mitigation and remediation is required for the communities, neighbourhoods and environment that the

SH20 project will disrupt. This is a living, changing document: concepts shown here have been

developed through engagement with the following community groups, local organisations, and

politicians:

North Western Community Association

Unitec

Housing New Zealand

Friends of Oakley Creek

Waterview Enviromental society

Tunnel or Nothing

Waterview School: Board of Trustees

Eden Albert Community Board

Members of the Avondale Roskill Community Board

David Shearer, Mt Albert MP

David Clendon, Green Party list MP

Liveable Communities

The overall Community Consultation Plan (Section 2) shows broad principles of built form, landscape,

open space, and pedestrian, cycle and other connections required by the community and local

organisations to be built, strengthened or maintained. The three Detail Plans following focus on

North, Central and South parts of the route. They are all in broad accordance with Auckland City

Council vision plans such as the Future Planning Framework documents Its My Backyard and

neighbourhood Precinct Plans.

Section 1.0

Introduction and Purpose of Document

Section 2.0

Urban Design Plan and commentary

Section 3.0

University of Auckland student intensive design weekend projects

Section 4.0

Visual outline specication on urban design elements

CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE OF DOCUMENT


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2.0 COMMUNITY CONSULTATION PLAN: OVERALL


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Dedicated cycle lane to CoylePark and Pt Chevalier beach

Enhanced walking route to WalkerPark from Waterview

Cycle and Pedestrian bridgeacross SH16 to provideconnections to beach and PtChevalier amenities. Will providegateway bridge toAuckland Isthmus. Bridge will berequired by residents duringconstruction to provide accessout of Waterview without movingthrough construction zone.

Pedestrian only boardwalk withriparian planting through Star Milland Maori occupation heritage siteat Oakley Creek mouth. Scupturesand information boards required.

Design guidelines required toensure that development ofresidential areas achieves goodquality of development. HousingNew Zealands extensiveownership in north Waterviewprovides opportunities forintegrated housing developments,rather than in-ll housing.

Replacement housing alongeastern side of Waterbank Cres.Double glazing and noiseinsulation with outdoor space tothe west. Create safe pocket parkbetween housing and WaterbankCres.

Opportunity to create communityspace in existing shops.

Active open space;skateboardand mountain bike park could belocated around tunnel portal, onramps, and stormwater pond.

Create new axis to Waterviewalong Alford Street, connectingcreek and esturary.

Neighbourhood centre with mixeduse:retail, commercial, residentialprovides new heart to Waterview.Landmark buildings create verticalform against linear GNR.

Ongrade (GNR level) pedestrianand cycle bridge only connectsWaterview to Unitec, open spaceand cycle way.

Walkway and cycleway seperatedalong Oakley Creek

2.0 COMMUNITY CONSULTATION PLAN: NORTH


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Wetlands area developed to dealwith on site stormwater issues atUnitec. Potential for walk way toprovide outdoor recreation space.

New cycle way from Oakley Creekto Springleigh Ave, Woodward, toexisting Carrington Rd cycle way.

Extension of green outdoor spaceat Phyllis reserve with additionalsoccer elds.

On grade pedestrian and cy-cle bridge between Heron Park

and Phyllis Reserve. Width andvisiblity of this link is imperativefor safety and to promote use.Planting needs to link open greenspaces while not detracting frompercieved safety of user.

Landmark church to remain in keyposition. Streetscape design ofthis signicant intersection needsto be developed to integratepedestrian, cycle, car and PTneeds.

Boardwalk connections betweenHeron Park and Seaside Ave parkand Avondale increaseswalkablity of neighbourhood awayfrom motorway

Heron Park requires landscapeplan to create high quality andhigh utilisation of this large space.The change in level across thispark creates opportunities toaccommodate passive and activeopen space activities. Planting tocreek and estuary edges.

2.0 COMMUNITY CONSULTATION PLAN: CENTRE


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New entrance from New NorthRoad to Oakley creek park. Needsto be wide entrance (45 metres)so community become aware ofpark and use this open space.Comprehensive landscape planfor passive open space required.

Bridge with gentle rampedgradient required over railwayline to create uninterrupted cycleroute.

Alternative walking and cycleroute through pocket parks and

lanes created to provide passiveoutdoor space away from themotorway

Precinct created with Pak n Savesupermarket and petrol station,and park and playing elds.Enables dual activity of Dadshopping while kids play soccer(reduces local trips).

Enhance entrance to Alan WoodPark by removing houses andopening park onto New NorthRoad and Bollard Ave. ImprovesCPTED of park and localknowledge of and ownership ofpark.

Comprehensive landscape planrequired for Alan Wood reserve.

Parks remaining land needs towork hard to meet local needs.Walkway and planting alongOakley creek to enhance creekwithout removing safety.

Cycle route along Hendon Aveaway from motorway.

Houses to south side of HendonAve removed to allowobservance over Alan Wood Parkby trafc and housing on northside of Hendon Ave.

Wide pedestrian and cycle bridgesacross motorway to be providedto maintain connectivity acrossmotorway.

Where motorway issurface, houses to be removed forthe addition of a signicantlandscaped mound to deal withnoise of motorway. Railwaylocated to south of this.

Wetlands park created in currentlow lying area.

2.0 COMMUNITY CONSULTATION PLAN: SOUTH


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3.0 UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND INTENSIVE DESIGN WEEKEND PROJECTS

The student work translates the concepts developed through consultation into actual

designs. These are not comprehensive solutions but they focus on developing key

features. There are three important themes:

Better connections high quality and safe bridges that will link us to other parks, open

spaces and facilities.

Better ideas - for new parks, open spaces and facilities to replace what we are losing.

The need for mitigation up front we will be living with construction dust, noise, fumes

and trafc hold-ups for 5 years. We need new bridges and parks now.

Key features of the student designs from the north end to the south:

Area 1: Waterview - Pt Chevalier

Pedestrian and cycle bridge connects Waterview to beach at Eric Armishaw

park and allows access to Walker Park sports elds.

Also connects Point Chevalier to North Western cycleway and Oakley Creek.

Forms a western gateway to the isthmus.

Area 2: Waterview Expand Saxon Park to replace lost Waterview Park and fenced off

school grounds. Enlarge playground and grassy play space for younger kids.

Noisy activities for older kids and adults (basketball court / skate boards /

mountain bike humps) located near interchange.

Transform empty shops into community facilities.

Involve Housing NZ and Council in local development.

Area 3: Waterview - Unitec

Pedestrian and cycle bridge connects Waterview to Unitec and allows access

to open spaces and quicker safer route to Point Chevalier shops. Allows

Unitec patronage of Waterview shops and access to Great North Road

bus stops and side street parking.

Tunnel Control Building buried next to BP: ue hidden in trees, vehicle

access shared with BP.

Two storey mixed use zoning established along Great North Road: shops and

ofces below, student ats above.

Area 4: Owairaka New Windsor

Tunnel mouth adjusted to provide stronger connections through land bridge

between Methuen Road (New Windsor) and Murray Halberg Park / Owairaka

School.

Football elds moved away from busy New North Road, closer to existing

elds and facilities at Halberg Park and Owairaka School.

Stormwater ponds located on low ground at Goldstar site. High ground

more suitable for open space and full size elds.


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3.0 UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND INTENSIVE DESIGN WEEKEND PROJECTS: Area 1

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improve cycle and pedestrian connectionsfrom point chevalier and waterview into

surrounding neighbourhoods, including northto point chevalier beach

two new jetties in parks provide alink for small watercraft

combined pedestrian/cycle board-walks toconnect and protect salt marshes

combined pedestrian/cycle bridge to act asa gateway to the auckland isthmus

removal of non-native vegetation toimprove visual and physical connections to

oakley creek, improve riparian planting

increase park area in waterview to replacepark area lost to motorway development,

widen existing access to park (safety/visibility)

heritage trail established withsignposted information

mounds made from earth extracted fromtunnels create noise barriers for nearby

residential. mounds also operate asboundary of new mountain-bike park

key plan NTS

master plan 1:2000

passive parkcycle link

pedestrian link

boardwalks

water craft link

new or improved connection (solid line)

historical/geographic site

existing connection (dashed line)

earth mounds

cleared area for motorway on/o ramps and

stormwater retention (proposed by NZTA)

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perspective view from SH16 looking towards auckland city

salt marsh oakley creek

section 1:1000

plan 1:1000

jeremy chapman, ellen ashenden

... a gateway to the isthmus

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Walkways

.......a range of types

1. enhance existing roads to

provide a new axis to Waterview.

Link nodes

2. Walkways aligned with motor-

ways

3. Oakley Creek

walkway

.......stitched into a wider Auckland

network

.........linked to

specic amenties such as shops,

bus stops, parks, beaches

........an exemplar for all

future walk ways

.........to an international standard.

Precedents such as Wellingtons

walkway, New Plymouth

waterfront

4.0 VISUAL OUTLINE SPECIFICATION FOR URBAN DESIGN ELEMENTS

This Visual Outline Specication is used to establish good standards of urban design in

a format clearly understood by all.


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1. dedicated and safe,

isolated from road, but

adjacent. Legal

protections in place to protect

cyclists

Bourke St

Melbourne

Coloured

Two way

Copenhagen

Kerbed

Planting adjacent if

possible

Copenhagen

Where cycleway crosses side

roads, paving slows side road

trafc before the cycle route


Cycleways

.......a range of types

1. dedicated and safe, isolated

from road, but adjacent

2. on road

3. off road

.......stitched into a wider Auckland

network

.........linked to

specic cycle way amenties such

as mountain bike park

........an exemplar for all

future cycle ways

.........to an international standard.

Dedicated cycle ways have and

are being installed in Melbourne,

Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney,

Copenhagen, London.

Adelaide


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3. off road single track cycle way

Cycle and walking only bridges to

link cycle ways

Recreation

Family orientated


Cycleways

2. on road cycle way

Copenhagen

Reduce car lane widths to slow

trafc andincrease cyclists safety

Easily identiable with colour dif-

ferentiation

Adjacent to but not shared with

bus lane with adequate space

provided


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Safe connections

between residential and passive

and active space are going to be

vital to

ensure that the

communities will have

access to activity areas.

Waterview Park will be lost

permanently and green space

adjacent to Oakley Creek willnot be available during the 5

year construction

period. Hence some

connections to open space

beyond Waterview will be vital

to be provided prior to

construction to ensure that the

community have

access to open space.

The delivery of some packages

of mitigation before and during the

construction will be important to

maintaining community morale,

and house prices during the

construction period.

Quality materials and design

At street grade, well lit and linked

into existing and new networks.

Making it safer using passive se-

curity - CPTED

Use of natural

materials other than

concrete: timber

Corten steel brings

colour to bridge, and design

creates gateway and distinctive

landmark

Cycle and Pedestrian Bridges

Connections need to be integrated

with the

landscape and built form concepts.

If this does not occur they will not

be used by the community. Bridg-

es, ramps,

walkways, and stairways need to

feel generous and to have gentle

gradients to enhance the use.

Eye catching design of all theseelements will help reinvest some

mana back into the SH20 neigh-

bourhoods



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Active Open Space

Skate board and

mountain bike park. These harder

edge activities could be

located closer to the motorway to

provide activity around otherwise

empty areas. In addition the noise

generated by the park would be

better suited to be closer to the

motorway and away

from residential.

Precedent:

Waitangi Park, WellingtonQuality materials and design

Story behind park

utilising community

consultation. Enables buy in fromcommunity and ownership

Keeps young people in a safe and

close area. Populates a empty

area, making it safer using passive

security


Passive and Active Open Space

Provision of quality amenties to

passive and active space.

Pavilions for performance and

concerts

Toilets and shade structuresadjacent to playground areas

Scupltures or objects to

demonstrate local heritage and

history

High Quality fence design


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Passive Open Space

A balance of passive open space

will be

required to provide quiet green

space in the

neighbourhoods. These spaces

will need to be provided away

from the motorway so that during

the construction period and the

operation of the motorway there

are

places where residents can enjoygreen open space away from the

trafc noise.

In particular Alan Wood reserve

residents will move from having

a quiet reserve to a

motorway adjacent. Exploration

of existing or new parks away

from the immediate motorway

site must be considered as

part of the mitigation package.

Due to the signicant loss of open

space these spaces must work

hard providing high quality

landscape design, well planned,

with good lighting and CPTEDdesign, as well as

providing a strong identity for the

space, which will increase the civic

wealth of the neighbourhood.

Quality materials and design, to

ground surfaces, seating,

planting

Story behind park

utilising community

consultation. Enables buy in from

community and ownership

Keeps people in

neighbourhood. Encourages

walking, and populates a empty

area, making it safer using passive

security



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Built Form : Residential

Residential development

controlled with Design Controls to

ensure high quality plans, good

social planning of houses and

open space, and quality materials.

Medium density residential will be

required to maintain the school

roll numbers. Partnership between

HNZ and MoE could be

advantageous to providingsolutions.

Residential development

must consider the larger scale

of neighbourhood. Talbot Park

is a good example of diversity of

design to ensure medium density

can be obtained without sacricing

identity. Talbot park is achieves a

mixture of housing typologies and

sizes to suit diversity of users.

This is an opportunity for HNZ to

reinvest in Waterview with a

mixture of state owned and

privately owned housing. This

will start to remedy the currently

undesirable environment of North

Waterview.

Shared space provides play areas

for children

Shared space with no kerbs (car,

ped, cyclist) for access to housing,

with landscaping.

Apartments with balconies to take

advatage of views to Waitakeres

and over Marine reserve.

Built Form: Neighbourhood Centre

Waterview will require investment

in creating a strong identity other

than being associated forever with

the Waterview Connection.

There is a good opportunity for a

mixed use centre (shops,

commerical and residential) with

the consolidation of Unitec

campus to the south of the site,

and a

pedestrian and cycle bridge con-necting Unitec bus patrons with

Waterview.

Great North Road Waterview

straight would be articulated

with the creation of a 2-3 storey

mini retail centre, with landmark

buildings to mark the corners of

Alford and GNR. Design Controls

required to ensure high quality

design and materials.

Street scape design required to

create quality space for

pedestrians as well as cars.

Apartments to upper levels with

double glazing the GNR and

balconies to the west.

Courtyards created away from the

noise of GNR

On street parking to allow drop by

retail

Shared space (car, ped, cyclist) for

access to retail, with landscaping.



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Built Form: Control Buildings

Control Buildings must be

entirely concealed either by

burying the building underground,

or by concealing the building with

other amentity such as an

adventure playground, climbing

wall, associated with

communitycentre.


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