Visitor Center for Vatnajökull National Park
Arkis Architects
Outside dining area
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Karl Vilhjálmsson
Visitor Center for Vatnajökull National Park
Arkis Architects
The exterior timber walls of the building are all sourced from the forests of South Iceland.
Photo credit:
Karl Vilhjálmsson
Visitor Center for Vatnajökull National Park
Arkis Architects
The rear of the building, where the offices are located.
Photo credit:
Karl Vilhjálmsson
Visitor Center for Vatnajökull National Park
Arkis Architects
The entrance plaza connects to a covered terrace for the outdoor dining area, offering views over the Skaftá river.
Photo credit:
Karl Vilhjálmsson
Visitor Center for Vatnajökull National Park
Arkis Architects
The design allows the building to merge naturally with its environment.
Photo credit:
Karl Vilhjálmsson
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
Te Āwhiowhio - The Coves. A series of sheltered coves create a soft and natural harbour edge. The coves enable access down to the water and opportunities to dip toes in the sea.
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
The vision for Te Ara Tukutuku is to create a living green open space sitting on Te Waitematā, a space to reconnect and rebind the relationship between Tangaroa (the ocean) and Papatūānuku (Mother Earth), connecting people back to the water.
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
The approach is to enable the emergence of Te Ara Tukutuku through a process of healing, forming, and cultivating.
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
Five spatial moves that inform the organisation of headland open spaces.
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
The narrative for organising the spatial framework is the metaphor of a hoe, the paddle used for waka, reinforcing the connection and binding of tāngata and moana to waka.
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LandLAB
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Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
Te Mata - Marine Restoration Zone. Leads us all on a journey of discovery, to reveal regenerating coastal edge ecologies and marine environments. The presence of many waka active at this harbour’s edge will attract locals and visitors alike. Through careful removal of parts of the wharf and retention of the wharf piles, a marine restoration zone is established.
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
Informed by the original landscape this project delivers seven conceptual components, combining over time to deliver an integrated headland.
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
Te Rapa - Headland open Space. Flexible recreational and seasonal event space to support the project of Te Ara Tukutuku. Multi-directionalconnecting to the harbour, mounds, whare waka and plaza spaces.
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
Section of existing to proposed headland.
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
Marine Restoration Zone. View from a waka (canoe).
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
Pōhutukawa - Coastal Walk Zone. A resilient coastal edge that encourages exploration through a diverse seashore habitat.
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
Headland lookout. An elevated topography to provide a vantage point, destination, promontory connecting to wider landscape and cultural sites of significance. Includes space for gathering and ceremony (karanga, waiata). A clearing or elevated space at the summit, embraced by the regenerating coastal ngahere (forest).
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
An urban space that forms a north-facing interface between built form and generous open spaces. A space that provides for gathering, celebrating and pausing, with structures that support events, activities, education and expression of Mana Whenua cultural values.
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
Te Ūnga - Jellicoe Harbour. Provides an active and busy marine hub with a widely accessible and safe program of water-based activities and events, a home for waka supported by the necessary infrastructure and services.
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LandLAB
Te Ara Tukutuku - A Vision for a New Headland Open Space for Auckland, New Zealand
LandLAB + SCAPE
Through interactive, education-based activations,the site is evolving into a living expression of ecological care, social resilience, and community healing.
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LandLAB
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