Nga Puna Wai Leisure Sports Park: Canterbury Agricultural Park and Nga Puna Reinvent - Archer Chen

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DESIGN VISION: To reinvent a visionary suburban park, with multi-use landscape of sport facility, environmental function, and park experience.

ACTIONS AND OUTCOMES
Reforming the site to a sports park.
- The site can be used as a liesure and competition interchange.
- Residents can use recreational and public facilities for the whole day.
- The new park can attract visitors while non A&P show timeframes.
- Providing more recration and social value to enhance inhabitant experience.
To create a community garden.
- Strengthening the local food economy, support the low income community.
- The community residents can enjoy their local food together.
- Making the site to be a memorable park, and enrich the content of the A&P show.
Developing the vegetation and aquatic environment of the site.
- The new vegetational zone can reduce harmful effects, such as noise and offgas.
- Optimizing the scenic value and the carbon sequestration potential of the site.
- Increasing the biodiversity of the site, both vegetation and animal species.