Westpark and Owhiro Bay
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SIMILARITIES
-both sites have a poor ecological history, both due to industrial use. -the landscapes of both sites have been altered by man during their industrial days. -both sites have the potential for wild plant growth with no hard physical boundaries restricting where or where not plants can grow. -the public has a big role in influencing what is to happen on each site. For Westpark the business growth is not fast enough to fill the space being made available by the dying industrial industry, therefore the public has an influence in what is happening with this space. Because of Owhiro Bay's public use and ownership by the south coast community and the greater wellingtonian there will never be a proposed design that is not researched with these users.
DIFFERENCES
-as a working site the Krupp Steelworks was a 'forbidden zone' while the Owhiro Bay Quarry allowed public access, obviously with restricted areas. It was able to be used by the public for leisure. -the public perception of the two sites is different. Westpark is trying to loose its industrial image that has been there for 150 years. Owhiro Bay has a natural coastal image making them different in design approach. At Westpark any design that only slightly responds to the ecological issue of the sight will be seen as positive. At Owhiro Bay ecological values will be perceived to be much higher and protection of a 'natural beauty' will become a big issue with any design in the site -the position of the sites in their respective cities is quite different. Westpark is a centre point and is even elevated slightly above city level. Owhiro Bay is on the outskirts of town, even in regards to the southern coast it is off the beaten trail that leads you around Island Bay, Lyall Bay etc. -due to climatic conditions Westpark's plant growth is faster and more dense than that of Owhiro Bay.
TESTING WEST PARK ON OWHIRO BAY
{board walk} [board walk] /www.maxxblog.de/gallery/westpark/
{boardwalk} [boardwalk] The bridge/walkway that runs through west park has the potential to have a similar role in Owhiro Bay. In west park one of the roles of the bridge is to keep people away from the contaminated ground. This could be applied to Owhiro to keep people of the coastal edge to allow the re-introduction of flora and fauna to the coast. {signal marker} [signal marker] /www.maxxblog.de/gallery/westpark/ Sign posting can be used on the Owhiro bay site to signal and symbolise the history of the site. The signs can be used to symbolise the Pa's Owhiro bay site {built structures} [built structures] /www.maxxblog.de/gallery/westpark/
West park retained its old steel mill buildings to be reused in the site. Owhiro bay can also use this idea to save on the budget and to retain its history
The proposed 'Anima' pleasure facility although not being built does raise a significant issue in regards to the quarry building in Owhiro Bay. If the Anima had been built requiring the purchase of tickets to enter would it have become a new 'forbidden city' as it had been when it was a steel works? The redevelopment of the quarry building has to be aware of this potential exclusion of users from it and the affect it could have on the rest of the coast.
