Projects we have worked on in the past or are working on recently.
Green Connection Pod
The Green Lab designed the Green Connection Pod as an intimate, interior gathering green-space to foster moments of genuine human connection. It is a flatpack, circular wooden seating area, enveloped by greenery, which creates a welcoming venue that fosters relationship, hosting kōrero, connections, meetings, and contemplation. Research shows that green spaces enhance mental wellbeing, lift our mood, reduce anxiety and depression, and support genuine connections between people.
The Family Recovery Garden Te Oranga Rā is a garden to bring public awareness to the family and community issue of addiction and recovery. Re-designed and built in collaboration with Odyssey House Christchurch, the garden opened in April 2017 and has been operated and maintained by the residents of the house. Prior to 2017 the space was known as Places of Tranquility.
Tuna Taone Eel Artworks and log round steppers on the banks of the Ōtākaro Avon River at Riverbend Refuge
Riverbend Refuge, is a project on the banks of the Avon Ōtākaro River which was completed in stages between 2018 - 2019. The first stage of the project saw The Green Lab and Avon-Ōtākaro Network working with Wood ltd. in response to the unprecedented opportunity to restore native riparian habitat and mahinga kai values throughout the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor (ŌARC). After allowing new native planting to establish, we designed and installed seating platforms around two trees on site. A commissioned poem by Kaumatua Teoti Jardine is inscribed onto tree rounds forming a pathway that connects the seating, allowing visitors to traverse through the riparian planting and mihi to the river.
Type of project: Design Led ProjectCollaborator: Life in Vacant SpacesSponsors/Funders: Christchurch City Council, Briford Trailers, Natural Paint Co., Citycare, TimeZoneOneLocation: 110 Cashel StCompleted: November 2019 - March 2020Status: Deinstalled - Propellor Benches remain on site.We designed our…
Shared kai (food) to open Kotahitanga.
Kotahitanga is a community gathering space made in collaboration with The Phillipstown Community Hub, completed in 2018.
