Lakeview Master Development Plan
Client: 94 Feet
Location: Tāhuna | Queenstown
Collaborators: Monk McKenzie (Architects), Architectus (Architects), Dunning Thornton Consultants (Structural Engineering) Mt Hobson Group (Planning) Dawid Wisniewski (Imagery)
Year Completed: Ongoing.
Set between Te Taumata ō Hakitekura (Ben Lomond’s Peak) and Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown’s Lakeview Precinct explores the concept of mountain to lake ecologies and connects to the site’s intrinsic topography, hydrology, and geology to create a distinctive setting for the buildings which will sit within it. A re-imagined native forest permeates the development, threading multiple paths through the site and extending an influence beyond its physical boundaries by gathering together mountain and lake, wilderness and the urban environment. Featuring a predominance of native beech trees and ferns amongst an array of endemic planting, the landscape scheme for the Lakeview Precinct is ecologically regenerative, mirroring the region’s alpine character and presenting an invitation for native wildlife to inhabit the site.
Lakeview will be a mixed-use community incorporating housing, visitor accommodation, co-living, co-working, retail, hospitality, public and civic space. Blurring the edges between public and private, the development intends to attract social engagement - galleries and public art, a planned events calendar, restaurants, bars and new parks are designed to foster connections between people, the landscape, the seasons, and the elements, thus offering a holistic sense of belonging which ripples outward from the permanent resident to the wider community.
Client: 94 Feet
Location: Tāhuna | Queenstown
Collaborators: Monk McKenzie (Architects), Architectus (Architects), Dunning Thornton Consultants (Structural Engineering) Mt Hobson Group (Planning) Dawid Wisniewski (Imagery)
Year Completed: Ongoing.
Set between Te Taumata ō Hakitekura (Ben Lomond’s Peak) and Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown’s Lakeview Precinct explores the concept of mountain to lake ecologies and connects to the site’s intrinsic topography, hydrology, and geology to create a distinctive setting for the buildings which will sit within it. A re-imagined native forest permeates the development, threading multiple paths through the site and extending an influence beyond its physical boundaries by gathering together mountain and lake, wilderness and the urban environment. Featuring a predominance of native beech trees and ferns amongst an array of endemic planting, the landscape scheme for the Lakeview Precinct is ecologically regenerative, mirroring the region’s alpine character and presenting an invitation for native wildlife to inhabit the site.
Lakeview will be a mixed-use community incorporating housing, visitor accommodation, co-living, co-working, retail, hospitality, public and civic space. Blurring the edges between public and private, the development intends to attract social engagement - galleries and public art, a planned events calendar, restaurants, bars and new parks are designed to foster connections between people, the landscape, the seasons, and the elements, thus offering a holistic sense of belonging which ripples outward from the permanent resident to the wider community.
Client: 94 Feet
Location: Tāhuna | Queenstown
Collaborators: Monk McKenzie (Architects), Architectus (Architects), Dunning Thornton Consultants (Structural Engineering) Mt Hobson Group (Planning) Dawid Wisniewski (Imagery)
Year Completed: Ongoing.
Set between Te Taumata ō Hakitekura (Ben Lomond’s Peak) and Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown’s Lakeview Precinct explores the concept of mountain to lake ecologies and connects to the site’s intrinsic topography, hydrology, and geology to create a distinctive setting for the buildings which will sit within it. A re-imagined native forest permeates the development, threading multiple paths through the site and extending an influence beyond its physical boundaries by gathering together mountain and lake, wilderness and the urban environment. Featuring a predominance of native beech trees and ferns amongst an array of endemic planting, the landscape scheme for the Lakeview Precinct is ecologically regenerative, mirroring the region’s alpine character and presenting an invitation for native wildlife to inhabit the site.
Lakeview will be a mixed-use community incorporating housing, visitor accommodation, co-living, co-working, retail, hospitality, public and civic space. Blurring the edges between public and private, the development intends to attract social engagement - galleries and public art, a planned events calendar, restaurants, bars and new parks are designed to foster connections between people, the landscape, the seasons, and the elements, thus offering a holistic sense of belonging which ripples outward from the permanent resident to the wider community.