In October 2007 I organised an international design competition to draw attention to an area of Wellington City in which massive change was proposed.

AbC [Airport-Basin Reserve-City] - was an ideas competition, designed to raise the level of debate and critique of transport and its relationship to urban spaces. Timed to coincide with separate transport and urban development proposals in the same area, both proposing massive change - this competition called on designers from all disciplines to have their say and propose integrated, wide reaching solutions.

The brief encouraged a response to how we could experience and move from Wellington Airport – the city’s premier gateway - into the central city. It asked entrants to return to first principles and question why and how we move through the city.

Over 50 local and international designers entered the competition with a prize pool of $10,000.00



Project Team; Simon Bush-King, Gerald Blunt, Margy Davenport