outdoor meetings and contemplation areas . Decking , paving , seating and vegetation are optimised to create pleasant and intimate spaces for entertainment and retreat .
NZASM Heritage Court The criss-cross network of pathways etched in the landscape , as is evident in the archival aerial photographs , was captured in the new landscape design of the Heritage Court . Exposed aggregate footpaths , lawn and informal clusters of existing and newly planted trees will reinstate the space back to its authentic pattern .
The original well has been restored and replaces the plaque and water feature as well as the formal pathway system that was introduced in the 1980 renovation .
A buffer zone of indigenous trees wrap around the heritage court , in order to embrace the space
and to screen the neighbouring development as far as possible .
Restored Bankenveld Landscape From the Heritage Court , the space continues into the restored Bankenveld landscape and joins , by means of a pedestrian path , with the terrain of the Freedom Park Museum . This landscape has been rehabilitated from its previous disturbed and invaded status , into a natural Bankenveld landscape as part of the Salvokop foothill slope .
The fluid design of the central spine becomes more rigid and quirky at the historical hall building where the landscape makes a transition from the urban to the natural form . An indigenous natural landscape has been established , the natural slopes restored ( by means of stone gabion terraces ), and a pedestrian pathway leads to the southern point of urban connectivity at the Freedom Park Museum .
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