Grace Warne presented her latest research
finding/design work to Mike Gibson, manager of the Harbourside Business Park
and the Geoff Nightingale managing director of the Rosebank business association.
Graces MLA project, ‘Making a Sustainable Industrial Landscape’ asks: “How can landscape
architects advance sustainable industrial practice through social engagement?”
Grace is using the Harbourside Business Park, part of the industrial precinct of
Rosebank Peninsula, Auckland as a case study to develop a research project that
aims to explore how social behavior in design can advance sustainable
industrial practice for light and medium industrial sites. Graces research is
leading to the development of a design methodology focused on shaping
sustainable industrial practice through social interactions. Social
interactions, engagement and behavior have been demonstrated to affect personal
well-being, environmental awareness and care, and aesthetic perception.
Mike and Geoff were
impressed with Graces work, especially the research into the connections between
improved social ecology and workplace happiness. They commended her ability in
finding unexpected sites for greater social interaction to take place. This
work in conjunction with a programme to improve the stormwater quality of the
site offers larger strategies for the of improvement of industrial sites along
the Rosebank peninsula.
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