Fort Street Area spans three city blocks and includes a combination of shared space, conventional street types and laneways. The redevelopment has a strong pedestrian focus based on Auckland Council’s placemaking agenda for the central area. The finished design achieved a cohesive streetscape environment, whilst celebrating the history of this former foreshore. Site specific detailing allow for human scale interaction with the spaces within the precinct.

Fort Street includes both conventional and ‘shared space’ streetscapes which are among the first in the country to be resolved as designated “Shared Zones”. The shared space areas of the precinct demonstrate highly innovative and new achievements in street design locally and internationally. In 2011, the NZ Herald ranked Auckland Shared Spaces as no.1 in its Top 50 Best Things About Auckland. Boffa Miskell landscape architects have been fully involved in design innovation that has led to this transformation.

Our role
Lead consultant, landscape and urban design, Site supervision (NZS3910 Engineers Representative).

The facts
Client: Auckland Council
Project team    
Michael Hawes
Cathy Challinor
Worked with    
JAWA , TPC and LDP

Project date 2008 - 2013
Awards Winner - NZ Roading Excellence Awards 2012: Maccaferri Excellence Award for a Medium Road Project
Category Finalist for Cost to build over $2m, NZILA Resene Pride of Place Landscape Architecture Awards 2015
Project date 2011 - 2014