Raising the Bar: Auckland City, what a pity

On returning to Auckland in 2000 Julie Stout was dismayed to see what an unloved, shabby place our central city had become. Twenty years on it would be nice to say a lot has improved – but has it?

The central city is again in trouble. With more road cones and construction trucks than people on the streets, it's hard to see the way forward.
Will a phoenix rise from the ashes? Do we have to reinvent our city (again)? And has Covid changed the way we should build the world around us?

It is not too late to realise Auckland City's magnificent potential. Using experiences gleaned from masters students' design projects at the School of Architecture and Planning, Julie will describe a future Auckland that connects to the wairua/spirit-of-place often lost in the urban environment and encompasses the many cultures that make up the unique fabric of Tāmaki Makaurau.