Hansen Road Worker Accommodation
Reset provided specialist urban design and landscape architectural services for the fast track resource consent of the mixed-use Hansen Road Worker Accommodation development in Frankton, consisting of 554 rooms/units for the purpose of worker accommodation, with associated communal facilities, infrastructure and landscape treatment. The independent panel approved the resource consent in late June.
The overall design proposal utilises the full length and depth of the site, and aims to create a vibrant, Alpine village in a parkland setting. The overall building bulk and mass has been carefully distributed within the site to provide generous building separation, boundary setbacks and a range of interface conditions. Sheltered communal and amenity gathering spaces are created within the landscaped area of the development. Between each building, generous circulation (walk/cycle paths) are provided to ensure permeable connections from Frankton‐Ladies Mile Highway (State Highway 6/SH6) to the internal street.
The landscape design enhances the alpine village feel through planting and materiality selection. A series of communal residential and public spaces are interspersed between the buildings. The communal and public spaces are defined through paving typology, planting, and specific features (i.e pergolas, outdoor kitchens, and group seating for the communal residential areas, and catenary lighting, potted planters and street furniture for the public spaces). Feature glacial boulders are spotted around the site and act as secondary informal seating. A mix of native and exotic shrubs, groundcovers and specimen trees are proposed around the site, providing scale, colour and connection to the wider landscape.
Reset undertook the site master planning, bulk and location study, urban design assessment, overall landscape design and the landscape and visual effects assessment.
