Join UDINZ at the first (of three) Development Pipeline Events being run across the motu. We are excited to announce that UDINZ member WaterSmart have taken up the opportunity to be the official sponsor of our 2024 Development Pipeline series across the country.

At these events we showcase interesting projects that are underway or in planning in each of the regions in which we have a presence (with site tour activity tailing off through the colder months). We aim to run at least one of these a year in each major metro and they are usually very popular.

This first event in the series will focus on projects in Ōtautahi Christchurch, and is kindly being hosted by Aurecon at their offices at, Iwikau Building, 93 Cambridge Terrace.

Mark your diaries now to save the date and preregister to secure your spot in the room. Detail on speakers and the projects to be showcased will follow.

Project #1:
“Te Pākau Maru” so say the developers involved, “has been designed to 7 Homestar standards with a masterplan that embeds strong urban design principles. These 63 homes are healthy, sustainable and more cost-efficient to live in. Building off the success and learnings of The Residences at Karamū, our ambition is to deliver a tenure-blind housing community that caters for a wide range of housing needs, including progressive home ownership, community housing, affordable market rented housing and First Home Buyer housing, responding to the identified local housing needs and Council’s regeneration plans. Stage 1 is now under construction”

Our presenter on this topic is none other than our own Annie Wilson - General Manager of Kāinga Maha during the day and Chapter Chair for the UDINZ Canterbury chapter in her “spare time”. Annie has over 19 years’ experience in the construction and development sector and has specialised in affordable housing and brownfield regeneration.
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Project #2:
We will be hearing from Michael King of Centraus Structural Consulting who is behind the development of “Woods Mill” - a mixed-use development in Addington which is adapting and beneficially reusing a heritage-listed former flour mill and grain store.
 
The development, 7 years in the making, will include 17 one and two-bedroom loft-style apartments, a performance venue and hospitality complex (music and food trucks) alongside existing offices.
 
The development has necessitated the strengthening and repair of the old flour mill and grain store and the creation of a glass and steel structure which melds the two older buildings together as a cohesive development. All achieved with the help of a $900K Heritage Grant from the Council.
 
We're looking forward to hearing about how the apartments are coming together – alongside the complementary commercial, arts and hospitality uses within the heritage building. It’s a unique project that encapsulates the regeneration of Addington as a suburb.
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Project #3:
Our third project that will be showcased are, Tupuānuku, a recently opened student accommodation facility at the University of Canterbury, alongside sister project Tupuārangi, currently in design development and due to open in early 2026.

Our speaker for this project is Vanessa Carswell of Jasmax who were involved in the design of both projects. (read more about Vanessa by clicking the next arrow in our carousel below)

Says Jasmax,  "With over five hundred bedrooms, Tupuānuku is the University of Canterbury’s largest student accommodation facility. The design provides undergraduate students a safe and enriching environment from which to make the transition to independence. Wellbeing is central to the design, with opportunities to enhance a sense of community, such as shared study spaces, lounges, and exercise amenities across the ground floor level.

Tupuānuku provides students the choice of catered and self-catered accommodation options, with a ​‘Masterchef’ style kitchen offering students the opportunity to cook independently or in small groups. A large dining area overlooking a landscaped courtyard facilitates a sharing of food, culture, and conversation, bringing students together." 

Tupuārangi is the latest in next-generation student accommodation and planned to open in 2026.  This 280-bedroom 7-8 storey residential hall will be located adjacent to Tupuānuku, and draws on a similar pastoral care model. 

A note too on the name of these facilities, gifted by Ngāi Tūāhuriri.  Tupuānuku and Tupuārangi are two of the nine stars seen within the cluster of Matariki, Te Iwa o Matariki.  The rising of Matariki signals the new year within Te Ao Māori and plays a significant role in the māramataka, the Māori lunar calendar, in determining and planning for the year ahead and is now celebrated here in Aotearoa with its own public holiday. Tupuānuku is the star that is connected to kai (food) and rongoā (traditional medicines) grown within the soil, or harvested from the ground. Tupuārangi represents the sustenance and resources we receive from the canopies of Aotearoa’s native forests and their habitat.
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Project #4:
Introducing our fourth project to be showcased: Beachside Sumner.

Beachside offers an opportunity to create an exemplar brown field, beachfront development based on strong Urban Design Principles combined with innovative and place related architecture and landscape. The large site (4182m2 and an FAR of 1.9) has been configured as a perimeter block with a green heart (common landscape), underground car parking and 3 to 5 story buildings forming the perimeter. The 6 buildings are individually designed with materials being the glue that ties them together.

Their first building to be constructed is Anchorage. The building structure is carefully disguised as an organic sculpture, Anchorage is one of 6 apartment buildings that will occupy an absolute beachfront position in Sumner, Christchurch. Hospitality on ground floor and 10 residences are wrapped within a fluid skeleton, sculptural in form and inspired by coastal nature.

Our speaker for this project is James Lunday of Common Ground.

Beachside is designed in collaboration with the developers, the Boredroom. CGS are the designer and lead consultants with a strong team of specialists. Anchorage so say the designers is a "curvaceous, sensual and playful building that creates a dramatic gateway to Sumner".
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(NB:  The Wellington and Auckland events are also in planning, so if you're interested in your project going into a pool to be considered for those events or as part of our FY25 site tour program, please do get in touch)

Cost: $50 per person for UDINZ members, $100 per person for non-members

To ensure a mix of organisations in the room we do manage attendance mix at these events UDINZ members will receive:

• up to 3 complimentary tickets per organisational member available depending on member subscription level/type; 
• 1 complimentary ticket per member for sole trader members;
• 1 complimentary ticket per student or affiliate until such time as the free tickets allocated to this membership class expire (10 only so get in quick).

**If you are a current UDINZ member, please get in touch with info@udinz.nz to request your voucher code to redeem your complimentary ticket(s).**