Initial Massing
A sample of successful massing on 1:200 contour
model. Suggesting ideas of containment and enclosure;
reacting to the dispersed and exposed existing
built form. 

Sun Paths
Reflecting on the impact of the large mass of existing
hotel and landscape features will affect daylight
on the site. Another sun path study will be completed once
a footprint is decided on. 

Diagramming Intent for Tutukaka
Detached existing programs....Grouping existing programs
...Creating a destination through injection of an activity based
program and local services. Intending Tutukaka to become
a destination in its own right as well as a gateway to Poor
Knights Island.

Foot Print
The foot print at this point of the process reflects on the character
of the bay (see diagram to the left) whilst taking on environmental
impacts:daylight, prevailing weather exposure and existing view shafts.

Processing...

As a thesis that hopes to drive home the importance of place-making and designing with intent to encapsulate the identity and unique in places; the logistics of placing form on a site starts with considering the existing conditions, built form and most important the character of this place. 

The past few weeks have been a process of working through possibilities of form in reflection of the specifics of Tutukaka. Modelling on the site, diagramming and using environmental software (in the above case revit) to create and analyse potential proposals.

The next phase is delving into the conceptual drivers of the project; what I want to draw out of my extensive research of tourism's effect on place, those who visit and those who are visited. What will resolve conflicting issues of place and liminality in tourist destinations?