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Quarters Place in Christchurch
4 Mar 2022
Design: AW Architects
Location: New Brighton, South Island, NZ

Photos: Baptiste Marconnet
Quarters Place
He Puna Taimoana, the hot pools at New Brighton, is a catalyst for the regeneration of Christchurch?s seaside village. It is a key component of the New Brighton Regeneration Project ? a transformation of the village backed by the Christchurch City Council, Development Christchurch Limited (DCL), and the community. It is part of the $19.2 million development of the New Brighton foreshore, which includes the new beachside playground, and it signals the start of a positive transformation for New Brighton. After many years of decline, the development will support the goals of bringing life, activity and prosperity to the suburb.
He Puna Taimoana occupies an area along Te Tai o Mahaanui (Selwyn-Banks Peninsula Coastal Marine Area), an area that has a strong cultural, spiritual, historic and traditional importance to Ng?i T??huriri/Ng?i Tahu. Specifically located in ?ruapaeroa/New Brighton, the Hot Pools will become a part of a landscape where the forces of nature are their strongest; where the land, ocean and winds collide.

The coastal foreshore is an area where the tension between the forces of nature are most evident. The landscape of this in-between zone is the physical outcome of the pushing and pulling between ocean, land and win...