Our team is passionate about Aotearoa New Zealand and finding solutions that are best suited to our unique cultural and environmental context.
Tamaki Makaurau - Auckland City is our home. We contribute whenever possible to public discussions, academic research, teaching, industry debate and formal submissions on legislation and planning provisions of local importance. We seek to learn from international examples, but are guided by Mātauranga Maori in the application of urban theory and practice.
He aha to mea nui o te ao. He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
What is the most important thing in the world ? It is the people, it is the people, it is the people.
Latest News …
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It was great to get together with colleagues from across the country to learn more about what people have been working on and to discuss ideas on how to tackle the challenges facing our cities. see here for highlights.
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We have been working on a town centre plan for Warkworth and look forward to hearing more from the community on some initial ideas on how to achieve the outcomes they are seeking for the town.
Presentations
Te Wero / The Challenge - Responding to different cultural viewpoints on land, community and housing. Urbanism New Zealand Conference (2018). (T. Ogden-Cork)
Faith in the Collective, NZIA Auckland Spring Series (2018) (T. Ogden-Cork and Nina Patel)
Tips and tricks for medium density housing Architectural Designers NZ – Medium Density Housing Summit (2018) (T. Ogden-Cork)
Collaboration in the practice of urban design, development and planning, specific to Aotearoa / New Zealand. New Zealand Planning Institute Conference (2013) (T. Ogden-Cork)
Academic Research
Tracy Ogden-Cork
Masters of Architecture thesis ‘Towards a South Pacific Urbanism’ - Tikanga Maori, History and Urban Design in the context of Tamaki Makaurau’. (2009)
Yue Yu (co-authored)
From Vulnerable to Resilient: ‘Fixing’ mechanisms and ‘unfixing’ practices in Onehunga, Auckland
Land Stewardship in the Climate Wrung Epoch The Architectural Science Association 2020
Submissions
Plan Change 78 by Auckland Council focuses on the implementation of the National Policy Statement of Urban Development, and the Medium Density Residential Standards of the RMA. Motu Design’s submission is in general support of Auckland Council’s Plan Change 78, but recommends further consideration of place based precinct provisions, additional qualifying matters, and changes to the proposed HIRB controls to the Terraced Housing and Apartment Zone. (2021)
Plan Change 78 - Auckland Unitary Plan
Resource Management Act Amendment
A submission to the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. Motu Design’s submission focused on the proposed Medium Density Residential Standards and series of concerns related to the poor quality of development that this would enable, due to the specific provisions proposed. (2021)