It is truly amazing what can happen when you give 100 students a pencil and tell them to come up with designs that transform our city of Lower Hutt.
I am thoroughly impressed with the work produced by Victoria University’s School of Architecture students under Professor Jules Moloney. They have mounted their work in a pop-up shop exhibition at the Queens Drive arcade. And the attraction is how students have interpreted the future shape for our Central Business district. There are some truly wonderful ideas.
To me this is a step toward building of a partnership between Lower Hutt and Victoria University School of Architecture to research Hutt-based projects that are relevant to city council strategies.
The offering is drawn from our urban growth strategy and interprets what residential development may look like
Our urban Growth Strategy is taking our city and overlaying opportunities for catering for growth as we look to provide living space for families and young people choosing to live here.
This is also an opportunity for the university to reach out into the community and to learn what we are about. The exhibition is about making the talent of young people more visible
I also believe this is a key step in building our city for the future by letting young and fresh ideas to be included in our own views about what is best for Lower Hutt.The exhibition is well worth a look before it closes on 11 July.
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