Edge of the platform in which Pākā Bay is able to be viewed from. It was from this significant location that Taupō-nui-a-tia was named.
Historic timeline/masterplan.
A moment to settle in darkness. Unpacking the naming Tau-settle and Po-darkness and also referring to settling in a colonial sense and decolonising those notions. This is a moment to feel the effects of the site tension through lighting as a tangible representation of the lost whenua. Lighting changes are dictated by daily lake/river outflow data and the colours are in reference to the cliffs at Pākā Bay in which Taupō-nui-a-tia got its name from.
Seating with your backs to the Control Gates Bridge. Settling in darkness as cast by the woven overhead shadows and the timber posts behind you.
Site plan and strategies that informed the design.
Sections along with perspective sections.
Lighting specifications.
The railing is informed by the construction of the kākahu cloak.
Scale model making. Circular model is scale 1:200, the other terrain model is not to scale and is more to provide context of the design in relation to whenua and awa.
Movement. Details and specifications about how the design yields to elements of the site such as water and wind.
Mappings and atmospheric images of site analysis.
Materiality and weaving tests.
Sketches and working through ideas to ensure the design was informed by site as much as possible.
