Reset Wins at the International Federation of Landscape Architects Awards 2025
Reset has recently won an prestigious Award of Excellence at the 2025 International Federation of Landscape Architects – Asia Pacific Region Awards, for our Waitematā Harbour Connections project. This recognition is a huge milestone for us - a testament to our team’s dedication to thoughtful, sustainable and future-forward landscape and urban design.
The single biggest infrastructure project in New Zealand’s history is the additional crossing of the Waitematā Harbour, which divides central Auckland from the North Shore. The two land areas are currently singularly connected by a vehicle-only 60 year old steel bridge. Our team started leading a community driven programme to add a long overdue walking and cycling connection to the existing bridge which gained widespread popular support and planning consent in 2016. Over subsequent years in opposition to an engineered tunnel solution we continued to promote a landscape driven approach to mass vehicle movement with a two-bridge proposal which is better fitting to the low lying and wide Waitemata Harbour and the existing steel truss Auckland Harbour Bridge, whilst also provides walking and cycling access and an unrivalled viewing experience.
This project is an excellent example of landscape architects leading public debate on big scale infrastructure projects, providing thoroughly researched and feasible designs that are based on a landscape sensitive approach which are fiscally responsibly, resourceful, and ultimately magnifies resilience and sustainability. The serpentine figured two bridge proposal is truly a visionary design which has captured the public’s imagination and promises to provide critical connections in bringing disparate communities together with a beautifully refined addition to the Waitematā harbour.
