DALDY STREET
LINEAR PARK
-36.8587° S, 174.7733° E_ Wynyard Quarter_ Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland_
A hybrid space that combines the functionality and linearity of a street with the rhythmical spatial sequences and diverse programs of a park.
Daldy Street Linear Park transforms a former industrial service corridor into the central ecological and civic axis of Wynyard Quarter. Conceived as a hybrid street–park, it combines the movement logic of infrastructure with the spatial generosity and programmability of landscape - structuring development, connectivity and public life across the precinct.
Low impact design, sustainable infrastructure, movement networks and episodic design elements are woven into an integrated landscape system providing a journey between ‘land’ (the pre-reclamation waters edge) and ‘sea’ (harbour). Landscape is prioritised to reconnect, re-vitalise and re-energize the post-industrial ‘terrain vague’ of the Quarter’s core while bringing together people, ecology, infrastructure buildings and landscape. The design language draws on the post-industrial and coastal character, integrating elements of marine archaeology and establishes a native and ecological planting aesthetic driven by fundamental water sensitive design strategies and ecological diversity.
Generous planting corridors, stormwater gardens, shared surfaces and integrated transport networks are woven into a unified landscape framework. Passenger transport, cycling and pedestrian movement coexist within a resilient green armature that supports adjacent retail, commercial activity and everyday occupation. Materials and planting reference coastal ecology and industrial heritage, reinforcing identity while delivering measurable environmental performance.
Daldy Street operates as both connective infrastructure and neighbourhood commons - a living green corridor that binds the Quarter together. It demonstrates how landscape can organise urban form, mobility and ecological systems within a single operating logic.
Details
2015 - 2021
Date
Wynyard Quarter, Tāmaki Makaurau /Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Location
Eke Panuku Development Auckland (Daldy Street North) + Auckland Transport (Daldy Street South)
Client
Budget
BECA (Civil/Structural)
E3BW (Lighting)
Mana whenua
Collaborators
$55M
Awards
NZILA Parks, Open Spaces + Recreation Award (2022)
DINZ BEST Awards – Public + Institutional Spaces GOLD (2022)
Metro Magazine Best of Auckland Award (2017)
NZILA Award of Excellence in Sustainability (2015)
NZILA Award of Excellence in Visionary Landscapes (2015)

