Simon Bush-King

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	<title>Simon Bush-King</title>
	<link>http://www.simonbushking.com</link>
	<description>Simon Bush-King</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>COURTENAY PLACE PARK &#124;        Wellington City Council</title>
		<link>http://www.simonbushking.com/COURTENAY-PLACE-PARK-Wellington-City-Council-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:35:01 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Simon Bush-King</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Pocket Park, Courtenay Place, Urbanism, Wellington, New Zealand, Simon Bush-King, Street Furniture, Public Space, Sustainability, Storm Water, Architecture, Urban Design]]></category>

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		<description>From a controversial start at the loss of a road and some car parks, Courtenay Place Park in Wellington has become a popular public space and significant  arts space in the city.

I did this project while at the Wellington City Council with it spanning much of the four years I worked there. My colleagues for the project were three excellent chaps called Peter - Peter Fraser, Pete McEvoy and Peter Kundycki.

The park takes a simple form and reinforces the key connections through the site.  The carpet of red pavers extends out to the kerb with a permeable band of seats and trees along the building edge.  Along the edge of Courtenay Place are 8 light boxes  hosting temporary exhibitions.  Andy Palmer and I curated the first exhibition Flanerie and Figments - the future management of this project will be taken over by the fine folks at the City Arts Panel


&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_1_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_2_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_3_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_Diagram1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_Diagram1_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_Diagram2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_Diagram2_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_Diagram3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_Diagram3_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_Diagram4.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_Diagram4_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_4.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_4_o.jpg" align="left" caption="&#38;lt;b&#38;gt;Street Furniture&#38;lt;/b&#38;gt; - The space is simply laid out -there are no landscape gymnastics with level changes or contrasting materials.  The street furniture bares the load in creating an identity for the space and naturally forming places to sit, park your bike and to allow small events and the myriad of other uses a public space can endure.  The aim was to remove street clutter and for every element to perform more than one function -unnecessary signs were to be removed or at least a single pole to be used for more than one sign! In this we were not wholly successful and too many battles were lost with roading engineers despite trying to get them on board at an early stage."/&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_5.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_5_o.jpg" align="left" caption="&#38;lt;b&#38;gt;Seat&#38;lt;/b&#38;gt; - This seat was born from a substantial budget cut. In exasperation I suggested we fold up the pavement and sit on asphalt. What started as a throw away line developed into seventeen 3.2m cantilevered COR-ten benches that have become a distinctive feature of the park. LED strip lighting provides a co-ordinated lighting show while the folded seat backs provide a challenge for skaters."/&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_6.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_6_o.jpg" align="left" caption="&#38;lt;b&#38;gt;Love Trees but don't want to fence them in?&#38;lt;/b&#38;gt; -&#38;lt;br /&#38;gt;
This finely crafted tree pit system filters all storm water on site through the 36 tree pits. The COR-ten tree grates have drainage holes cut in a pattern referencing a former Maori Village located near the site. The tree grates have a small hole for the trunk but have been designed to be cut easily to allow the tree to grow without letting a lot of trash into the pit. The tree guards learnt from the bulky, wobbly, poorly connected tree guards that proliferate our cities, being four, thin blades that offer protection without dominating the tree or taking up a lot of space.  The hope is for these to become the new standard of tree protection in Wellington City."/&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_7.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_7_o.jpg" align="left" caption="&#38;lt;b&#38;gt;Bike Posts&#38;lt;/b&#38;gt; -&#38;lt;br /&#38;gt;
Thin blades that can accept bikes of all sizes cantilever out of the ground.  These simple forms were the result of a design session in the old Crazy Lounge coffee shop between myself and Peter Fraser who eventually hit the nail on the head with their design!"/&#62;  &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_9.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_9_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_10.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="670" height_o="670" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1794596/CPP_10_o.jpg" align="left" caption="The opening night was cold and wet but the photographs looked phenomenal - Andy  posted some photos of the park the next day."/&#62; 

Project Team; [WCC] Simon Bush-King, Peter Fraser, Peter McEvoy, Peter Kundycki. Kevin Ma(Model)
Engineers; Spencer Holmes
Park Elements fabricated by JJ Fraser Engineering

Image Credits: Wellington City Council Archives, Simon Bush-King, Kerryn Treloar, Peter Fraser, Photography Matters Dominika Zielinska
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		<title>ALTER </title>
		<link>http://www.simonbushking.com/ALTER</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:17:46 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Simon Bush-King</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Retail, Interior, Urban Design, Melbourne Laneways, Pop up, adaptive reuse]]></category>

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		<description>The laneways of Melbourne have long been an urbanists and retailers dream; vibrant, dense and responsive to change.  High demand and excessive rents make good bed fellows with opportunity for people willing to take a risk and this proposal for the fashion store Alter, in the dark, narrow often urine soaked alleys behind the laneways is no exception.

The adjacent walls provide the structure from which the church roof shaped building hangs. Graffiti work by local street artists Dscreet and Linz line the walls…..  Everything is stored in the roof – with garments, point of sale, and fitting rooms hanging from above.  Even a giant rug made from smaller Turkish rugs is rolled out from the roof in a sweeping gesture.  With this flexibility comes opportunity - the number of items hanging can change from ordinary day use, to an opening night or with everything cleared away except for a bar for the anticipated regular party nights.

The greatest problem with the site became its greatest opportunity -the alley is only 20m from the Laneway below yet not visible from the street.  A giant curtain is hung from the front of the building frame and billows into the alleyway, attracting the attention of people in the laneway below.  Low-impact wind turbines fill the curtain in a more controlled fashion creating a surface for projections.

In collaboration with Sarah Rowlands Interior Architecture

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1717160/Diagram00.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="1772" height_o="1772" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1717160/Diagram00_o.jpg" align="left" caption="Alter Identity Created by Gareth at nolovelost"/&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1717160/Alter_ExteriorA_LIGHT.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="457" width_o="1772" height_o="1210" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1717160/Alter_ExteriorA_LIGHT_o.jpg" align="left" caption=" view from the laneway to the billowing curtain in the alley"/&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1717160/Diagram1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="1772" height_o="1772" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1717160/Diagram1_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1717160/Diagram2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="670" width_o="1772" height_o="1772" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/1717160/Diagram2_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; 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		<title>OEVERTURE</title>
		<link>http://www.simonbushking.com/OEVERTURE</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:37:53 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Simon Bush-King</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Design, Architecture, Amsterdam, Stereo Architects, Cruquius, Competition]]></category>

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		<description>The Cruquius Area of Amsterdam is a connecting piece between the IJBurg Island, Java &#38; Borneo Islands and East Amsterdam.  A new strategy for this important piece of land is required as the eastern development of Amsterdam moves the site from the periphery of Amsterdam to its centre.  Public Space will be the engine of change with a new pattern of development departing from the more inward looking Islands of the IJ.

Accepting a long development timeline a strategy to reuse and develop existing infrastructure was adopted.  A Multi Function Square, River Park, the Panorama Square are all connected via a  Shared Space –providing a constant quality, around which new developments can occur.  A 10 point plan was proposed outlining how this development could occur by building on the best of the existing situation while carefully nurturing a new identity for the area. A Overture.
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In partnership (ism) with Stereo Architecture
Competition organised by Platform Openbare Ruimte
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		<title>CURRENT PROJECTS</title>
		<link>http://www.simonbushking.com/CURRENT-PROJECTS</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:47:19 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Simon Bush-King</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>OOSTERHOUT HUIS VOOR CULTUUR &#124; Mecanoo Architects</title>
		<link>http://www.simonbushking.com/OOSTERHOUT-HUIS-VOOR-CULTUUR-Mecanoo-Architects</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:16:07 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Simon Bush-King</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Theater de Bussel, Theek5, H19, Mecanoo Architecten, Urban Design, Architecture]]></category>

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		<description>Competition entry for Mecanoo combining 3 existing North Brabant Institutions into one purpose designed House of Culture. The combined activities of Theater de Bussel, Theek5, and H19 Film theatre create a new cultural cluster slightly north of the Town Centre while introducing new, positive relationships to the adjacent park and Torenplein. Large loft-like apartments are located above the theatre on a green plateau.  The fly-tower incorporates a greenwall and lighting becoming a strong urban signifier to the surrounding area. 
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		<title>WAALHALLA: RUMITE VOOR DE WAAL &#124; Mecanoo Architects</title>
		<link>http://www.simonbushking.com/WAALHALLA-RUMITE-VOOR-DE-WAAL-Mecanoo-Architects</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonbushking.com/following/simonbushking.com/WAALHALLA-RUMITE-VOOR-DE-WAAL-Mecanoo-Architects</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:03:16 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Simon Bush-King</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mecanoo, Urban Development, Rumite voor de rivier, Landscape Architecture, Room for the river]]></category>

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		<description>Waalhalla was our second stage proposal for an island created in the Waal river as part of the Netherlands Ruimte voor de Rivier programme.  I worked on this competition during my time at Mecanoo 

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Images courtesy of Mecanoo Architecten</description>
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		<title>ALMERE HOUT   &#124; Mecanoo Architects</title>
		<link>http://www.simonbushking.com/ALMERE-HOUT-Mecanoo-Architects</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonbushking.com/following/simonbushking.com/ALMERE-HOUT-Mecanoo-Architects</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:48:20 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Simon Bush-King</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Design, Almere, Mecanoo, Housing, Water Housing]]></category>

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		<description>Mecanoo and West 8 won a competition in 2009 to create a Masterplan in Almere.  I worked as part of a team on the detailed development of the project
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Landscape &#38; Urbanisim 
West 8

Images courtesy of Mecanoo Architecten

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		<title>AbC</title>
		<link>http://www.simonbushking.com/AbC</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonbushking.com/following/simonbushking.com/AbC</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 15:55:04 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Simon Bush-King</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IntensCITY Week, Design Competition, Wellington, New Zealand]]></category>

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		<description>&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/22000/PosterABC.jpg" border="0" width="335" height="474" width_o="335" height_o="474" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/22000/PosterABC_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; 
In October 2007 I organised an international design competition to draw attention to an area of Wellington City in which massive change was proposed.  The competition was part of the IntensCITY Week events in October 2007

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 

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/22000/abc-a1-brief_final.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="951" width_o="670" height_o="951" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/22000/abc-a1-brief_final_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; 

Project Team; Simon Bush-King, Gerald Blunt, Carole Van Grondelle, Margy Davenport</description>
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		<title>PICTON MUSEUM</title>
		<link>http://www.simonbushking.com/PICTON-MUSEUM</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonbushking.com/following/simonbushking.com/PICTON-MUSEUM</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 14:30:15 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Simon Bush-King</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Picton, New Zealand, Architecture, Urban Design, Picton Museum]]></category>

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		<description>&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21597/Picton_web_A.png" border="0" width="670" height="370" width_o="670" height_o="370" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21597/Picton_web_A_o.png" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21597/Picton_web_B.png" border="0" width="670" height="370" width_o="670" height_o="370" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21597/Picton_web_B_o.png" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21597/Picton_web_C.png" border="0" width="670" height="370" width_o="670" height_o="370" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21597/Picton_web_C_o.png" align="left" /&#62; </description>
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		<title>URBAN CRITIQUE</title>
		<link>http://www.simonbushking.com/URBAN-CRITIQUE</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonbushking.com/following/simonbushking.com/URBAN-CRITIQUE</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 14:05:40 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Simon Bush-King</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IntensCITY Week, Wellington, New Zealand, Photography, Urban Design, ]]></category>

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		<description>&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/F1000025.jpg" border="0" width="335" height="224" width_o="335" height_o="224" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/F1000025_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; 

Botanist of the Footpath

A group of Freelance, Wellington based Photographers were given 10 billboard sites located throughout the city and given an open brief to critique some aspect of city life.

Located next to major pedestrian routes and key intersections these installations became a visible face of IntensCITY Week generating a lot of discussion about the very issues we were targeting; why does our city look this way? Why can I/cant I move through this space? Is this ugly? Does it matter? Do I care?

I Co-Curated this project with Andy Palmer, it was great fun and meant a lot to see people actually engaging with the work as I lurked around street corners and cafes near the billboards.

The photographers involved in this project were Shaun Lawson, Andy Morley-Hall, Andy Palmer, John Lake, Amelia Handscomb, Andrew Ross.

&#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/F1020018.jpg" border="0" width="335" height="224" width_o="335" height_o="224" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/F1020018_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/F1020019.jpg" border="0" width="335" height="224" width_o="335" height_o="224" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/F1020019_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/DSC08511.jpg" border="0" width="335" height="224" width_o="335" height_o="224" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/DSC08511_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/DSC08513.jpg" border="0" width="335" height="224" width_o="335" height_o="224" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/DSC08513_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/DSC08514.jpg" border="0" width="335" height="224" width_o="335" height_o="224" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/DSC08514_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/ANdyP_LowerCuba_sml.jpg" border="0" width="335" height="221" width_o="335" height_o="221" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/ANdyP_LowerCuba_sml_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/DSC08497.jpg" border="0" width="335" height="224" width_o="335" height_o="224" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/DSC08497_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; &#60;img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/DSC08503.jpg" border="0" width="224" height="335" width_o="224" height_o="335" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2340/21589/DSC08503_o.jpg" align="left" /&#62; 

Image Credits: Andy Morley Hall, Andy Palmer, Shaun Lawson, Simon Bush-King </description>
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