News
Playground reflects its environment
Posted 24 03 2020
in Magazine
The colourful playground is home to (unofficially) the country’s fastest slide
The playground in Hastings’ Cornwall Park’s been given a state-of-the-art facelift which is proving popular with those who use it.
Playground design company Creo created a space which respects the surrounding environment, highlighting the theme of water and oak trees, without impacting on any historic features.
Care was taken to design it around significant elements including the stream, King George V Coronation Drinking Fountain, and mature trees.
Catering to all ages and abilities the central feature is an acorn tower with connecting rope structures and slides (including the unofficially titled “fastest slide in New Zealand”). The 10 metre height of the structure allows climbers to be up in the trees looking down on the playground below.
Watch what landscape architect Larissa Moyle has to say about the design of the project here
24 Apr
PCE to Speak at 2024 Wānanga in Wellington
Urban ground truths: Valuing soil and subsoil in urban development
Healthy soil is essential for the provision of urban green space. The biophysical services that green spaces provide, such as …
22 Apr
Unitec Award Winners for 2023
Congratulations to the award winners!
The Unitec Graduation and Prizegiving was held on Monday 7 April 2024. Unitec's top landscape architecture students were recognised with …
18 Apr
Soak it Up: Designing with and for Flooding
Unitec Students putting practice into action
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students were invited by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei to rethink the design of Okahu Bay. The historical …
Events calendar
Full 2024 calendar