Striking

The Light Path uses a strict economy of means to trans­form the city dwel­lers’ expe­ri­ence of this piece of trans­port infra­struc­ture. The striking coloured pave­ment and inter­ac­tive lighting bring a distinc­tive and chan­ging character to the reuse of this piece of motorway. This changes the expe­ri­ence of the path for the user and also changes their expe­ri­ence of the city beyond.

The design is bold and confi­dent with all elements well inte­grated into the singular and simple form of the path. It is the power of this design stra­tegy that elevates a utili­ta­rian pathway to a much more complex space of inha­bi­ta­tion, and creates a distinc­tive urban land­mark for the city.

Urban connec­ti­vity

A dusk and evening dimen­sion was created by placing over 300 LED custom light boxes along the eastern edge of the cycleway to create a light spine. These were fully programmable and contained sensors to create a digital infra­struc­ture to allow an artist to create an infi­nite array of expe­ri­ences.

Alumi­nium plates, engraved with original Maori artist Katz Maihi artworks were subtly inte­grated into the western edge of the cycleway barrier. In addi­tion to this, the pink surfa­cing was concluded at its nort­hern end in another 27 metre long original artwork that morphed the surfa­cing back to asphalt.