Auckland Conversations - The Rise of a Design-Led City
All great cities have vibrant and pulsating centres - think Melbourne, Vancouver, Barcelona, London and New York. In recent years Auckland has shown an ambition which rivals these other cities and to which Aucklanders and visitors are getting excited about. The changes have been dramatic and they have been quick. No longer ridiculed as “the city of cars” Auckland has turned a corner and is gaining worldwide attention for its efforts.
Join us at the next Auckland Conversations and find out how Auckland is becoming a design-led city through the delivery of a stunning, well-connected, world-class centre.
Hear from keynote speaker, Auckland Council design champion, Ludo Campbell-Reid and the architects and developers who are transforming and revitalising Auckland through the design of homes, streetscapes, public spaces and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings.
A design-led city is essential to Auckland's economic vitality and its drive to become an internationally competitive city. But this approach extends beyond just the city centre with projects across the region bringing design to the forefront. Examples of the design-led approach across Auckland include:
• The new Waiheke Library
• MIT’s new smart campus in Manukau
• the New Lynn Transit-Oriented Development
• the rebuild of the iconic Pt Resolution Bridge
• sustainable housing, neighborhood design and development at Hobsonville Point
• Britomart hospitality and retail precinct
• the shared spaces programme which has transformed O’Connell and
Federal Streets and that is in the running to win the Best New Zealand Walking Facility
• the award-winning Auckland Art Gallery
The design-led city approach is a collaborative process between the public and private sectors. It embeds design thinking into the vision and plans for the region and unlocks the creative minds of business, government and Aucklanders so that the city's design and its adaptive response to place, context and culture will, in time, be seen as its competitive edge - its point of difference in the world.
