KATHLEEN KINNEY kathkin3371 @ gmail . com
NOTES FROM THE EDITOR
“ IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES , IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES ...” The opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities are singularly applicable to New Zealand ’ s landscape architecture community over the past few months .
On 21 November , a New Zealand project was hailed as the best in the world at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin .
Kopupaka Reserve by Isthmus Group was named World Landscape of the Year 2016 . This hybrid park , in which a stormwater reserve has been combined with an urban park , playground and skate park , was made possible by dovetailing the masterplanning of the streets with the green infrastructure of the reserve .
At the same event , the celebrated bright pink Te Ara I Whiti cycleway was the winner of the Completed Buildings Transport category . Designed by Monk McKenzie Architects and LandLab , Te Ara I Whiti has already picked up several national awards .
But only a week previously , just after midnight on 14 November , Kaikoura was rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake . Ruptures occurred on multiple fault lines , the town of Kaikoura was cut off for over two weeks , and the after-effects continue today from North Canterbury to Wellington .
This issue brings you first-hand accounts from Henry Crothers and Leicester Murray on both of these events .
There is , perhaps , a sense of resolution to be found in these pages , as well . Another project , the Margaret Mahy Family Playground in Christchurch , rose from a site bordered by the Avon River in the central city that was devastated in the 2011 Earthquake . Today , it is an award-winning example of community-centred design and renewal .
KATHLEEN KINNEY kathkin3371 @ gmail . com
EDITOR Kathleen Kinney
ORIGINAL GRAPHIC DESIGN Rachel Clark
CONTRIBUTORS John Adam Penny Allan Grant Bailey Martin Bryant Neil Challenger Henry Crothers Justin Foote Dr Joan Forrett Helen Frances Bernd Gundermann Daniel Haffner David McDermott Leicester Murray Dennis Scott Dr Huhana Smith Jan Woodhouse
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