Buchan Principal Rob Guild shares why design is critical to housing intensification in New Zealand and why we need to be looking abroad to benchmark successful policies and projects to help local councils improve new developments.
“As architects, we can’t really influence a site’s location and natural amenity. But we can push for good design and more diversity within a complex to result in more amenity. We need to design in a way that creates a sense of community for our people.” – Rob Guild, Buchan Principal.
New Zealand is at a crossroads with a boom in medium-density housing developments expected once new planning controls for the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 become operative later this year.
You can read the full story in the latest issue of NZ Build Magazine.
