Hobsonville Point Site brochure

HOBSONVILLE
POINT

ALEX KOROLYOV Site
AMBER BRAY Information
EDDIE CHAND Pack
ELOISE TWADDLE

HISTORICAL
TIMELINE

1853

Crown purchased 600 acres from Ngati Whatua Te Kawer-
au a Maki.
Land was formerly known by Iwi as Onekiritea.
The area was renamed ‘Port Hobsonville’ after Captain
William Hobson (pictured), the first Governor of New
Zealand.

1924

Hobsonville Point chosen by the Government as a site
for land and sea based aviation.

2016

HLC (Homes. Land. Community) asked by Housing New
Zealand to masterplan the area.

2024

Projected year of completion.



LOCATION

Hobsonville Point is roughly halfway between Albany and
Westgate on State Highway 18.
26 hectares of land reserved as public parks and open
space
167 hectares of peninsula jutting into the upper har-
bour
35 minutes to the central city of the ferry
5km of coastal walkway
13 parks and reserves



THIRD PLACE
MASTERPLAN

Hobsonville Point has been
masterplanned by HLC, a sub-
sidiary of Housing New Zea-
land.
The site has been programmed
through its Masterplan, the
design scope is broad and
stringent.
Every aspect of the aesthetic
has been planned with regard
for how it impacts community
life and its context.
The design considers houses,
shops, cafés and bars, parks,
schools and street scapes.



THE
DEVELOPMENT

There are multiple ‘precincts’ which
are being developed by different
companies.
There are extensive rules and reg-
ulations which quantify all design
aspects including colour schemes,
planting palettes, frameworks for
architecture, landscape architecture
and streetscapes.
The housing types range from apart-
ments and terraced housing to stand
alone homes. Everyone has access to
the same amount of public and green
space.
Most of the houses sell for between
$550,000 and $1.5 million. Twenty
per cent of the houses will be sold
at or beneath $650,000 and are de-
signed for people who earn an aver-
age Auckland wage.
At completion, there will be 4500
homes and 11000 residents. The cur-
rent construction rate is 1 new home
per day.

Designers Hobsonville Land Company, Isthmus,
Campbell Brown, Flow Transporta-
tion specialists, Salmond Reed
Architects LTD.
Developers Axis, AVJennings, Willis Bond &
Co, Classic Group,Classic Life Re-
tirement Living, Winton.
Construction Fletcher Living, Universal Homes,
Jalcon Homes, GJ Gardner, Platinum
Homes, Ockham Residential, Ngai
Tahu Property, Tall Wood, Classic
Builders.

PALETTE

The High Street
The Historic Corridor
The Coastal Edge

has been composed with an emphasis on warm and neutral earth
tones. The use of strong chromatic colour will animate and
strengthen the character of the activity along Hobsonville Point
Road, and focus on the importance of colour at the scale of the
pedestrian. The High Street intersects with the Heritage Corri-
dor and the Coastal Edge giving an opportunity to interlace the
palettes.

r responds to the colours of existing historic architecture which
were earth and charcoal tones typically used to paint early
meeting houses. Historically the architecture of New Zealand was
coloured with warm earth tones and decorated with vibrant poly-
chromatic details. The palette for this urban space reflects this
history made up of light, mid and dark tones.

responds to the sea and the light of Hobsonville Point. Houses
facing the coastal edge are open to the coast while the parallel
streets are interior to the coast.

Using these palettes will allow parallel developments to overlap
and work harmoniously together, while enhancing different colour
identities between different zones.

THIRD PLACES
AT HOBSONVILLE POINT

Hobsonville Point has been designed to
include spaces for the community. Un-
like the typical model we see of towns
and villages left to grow ‘organical-
ly’, the public amenities have been
instated at the outset.
At Hobsonville Point there are:

Two new schools for Years 1-13
Two kindergardents
A community garden
2.5km high street
Cafes

The Farmer’s Market
A waterfront precinct
Bus stops within 6 minutes walk of each house

A commuter ferry
Connected network of parks and play spaces built

around homes
13 hectares of outdoor coastal wilderness at

Te Onekiritea Point.

Coastal Walkway
Te Kanohi o Te Manu (The Eye of the Bird):a 10m high
corten steel sculpture of a pied shag commissioned for

Harrier Point Park.

Hobsonville Point Secondary School
Fabric Cafe on waterfront precinct

STATISTICS

82% of children liv-

ing here walk or bike
to school

95% have positive

contact with their
neighbours

93% of residents say

Hobsonville Point is
a great place to live

97% feel safe in

their homes or out
walking

81% use local parks

or community faciites
at least monthly

Over half take public
transport, walk or
cycle to work

Residents use 25%

less electricity and

32% less water than

the Auckland average

32% of homes are

classified as afford-
able

90% say they can

leave their children
to play unsupervised
and visit local cafes
and shops weekly.

THIRD PLACE THEORY IN
NEW ZEALAND

Axis Series - the principal develop-
ment partner for Hobsonville Point -
believes that compact housing can be
built when good design is present.

“A small home that is well designed
in a neighbourhood that has been
thoughtfully planned does not feel
like a compromise at all”.

In order to sell homes that are
smaller, planners needed to demon-
strate that New Zealanders’ quali-
ty of life would not be compromised.
The Masterplan recognises the impor-
tance of the public space if homes
in New Zealand are going to compact
and densify.

Ray Oldenburg understands plac-
es between work and home as ‘third’
places. They are the areas where all
members of society are welcome and
able to visit. These are the places
Landscape Architects design.

Can we reinstate ‘third places’ in
suburban New Zealand? At Hobsonville
Point, who are they serving?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Oldenburg, R. (1999). The Great Good Place. New York: Marlowe &
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https://hobsonvillepoint.co.nz/about/
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https://hobsonvillepoint.co.nz/for-sale/
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https://hobsonvillepoint.co.nz/resources/ (hobsonville village frame-
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