Exploring a new urban design model to help the community build resilience to flooding: A case study between Unitec students and the Mangere community, Auckland
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Bradbury, Matthew
Wang, Xinxin
Melchiors, Lucia
Wang, Xinxin
Melchiors, Lucia
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2023
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Conference Contribution - Oral Presentation
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Māngere (Auckland, N.Z.)
Auckland (N.Z.)
Tāmaki Makaurau (N.Z.)
New Zealand
urban flooding
flooding
flood resilient architecture
housing in Auckland
climate change
adaptation strategies
architecture students
co-design
Unitec courses
Auckland (N.Z.)
Tāmaki Makaurau (N.Z.)
New Zealand
urban flooding
flooding
flood resilient architecture
housing in Auckland
climate change
adaptation strategies
architecture students
co-design
Unitec courses
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Bradbury, M.A., Wang, Xinxin, & Melchiors, Lucia. (2023, April 20-22). Exploring a new urban design model to help the community build resilience to flooding: A case study between Unitec students and the Mangere community, Auckland [Paper presentation]. 5th International Conference on Resilient and Responsible Architecture and Urbanism (RRAU), Manukau, New Zealand https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6387
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The recent terrible flooding has caused severe damage to people’s lives and housing in Tamaki Makaurau and across Aotearoa, New Zealand, particularly those in flood-prone areas. These events make it evident that without careful thought, the provision of housing, especially in denser typologies, could exacerbate the environmental effects of climate change. To address these two intertwined problems, floods and housing development, this paper proposes an urban design approach acknowledging the underlying landscape and the consequence of climate change within the contemporary city. In contrast to the conventional design approach, this innovative method uses catchment mapping and GIS analysis to ensure the planning of safe housing. The approach was tested in a design studio, a collaboration between Mangere community groups and Unitec landscape and architecture students, on a project around Te Ara Rata Stream in Mangere West. Students explored ways to reduce the future flooding in the catchment through the placement of housing and food remediation methods, including building wetlands in parks, using leftover land around the motorway, and expanding the banks of the Te Ara Rata stream. The community and professionals have recognised the outcome of this studio as an effective way to design resilient urban models for climate change, particularly flooding.
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