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Bridging the divide

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Over the weekend a group of Thesis students traveled to the far north in a bid to discover the site of their proposal. 
The journey to Tutukaka was a beautiful one, winding through native bush punctuated with coast and cossie informal settlements...until you hit Tutukaka. 
Tutukaka's struggle with scale, enclosure and its tourism backbone distinguishes it from any other settlement I have seen. Its disjointed, and often inhabitable spaces make it not only a difficult place to dwell but there is a sense of the incomplete, there should be either more or less. This unsettled character of the place begs another look at the design and use of the marina and surrounding facilities...a challenge that this thesis will take up.