Lookout point offering space to pause, observe, and connect with the coastal landscape and birdlife along Tarakena Bay.
Elevated walkway allows wildlife to navigate freely beneath while people move responsibly through the coastal environment.
Seating areas and interpretive signage allow for moments of pause and education within the coastal landscape.
Section sequence illustrating the gradual regeneration of native plant life and wildlife habitats beneath the elevated walkway over time.
Bachelor of Design
Spatial Design
Living Pathways is a raised coastal walkway along Tarakena Bay that links Moa Point and Palmer Bay to facilitate mutually beneficial and ecologically sensitive cohabitation between human and nonhuman. Along the walkway, lookouts, seating, viewpoints and signage create moments for interaction, observation and reflection while supporting local ecology. Informed by mātauranga Māori, more-than-human and ecological theory, it seeks to balance recreation and habitat revitalisation through minimally invasive, adaptive design approaches.
