By Earthwork Landscape Architects
Spitfire square is a large scale retail complex fronting the entrance road to Christchurch Airport.
To give greater priorities to pedestrians, the design utilises shared pedestrian/vehicular spaces to reduce traffic speeds and create pedestrian friendly frontages adjacent to the retail spaces. These spaces were also designed to accommodate alfresco opportunities for food and restaurant tenants.
Earthwork Landscape Architects is a practice based in Christchurch, New Zealand with a strong commitment to its client’s needs and the landscape, a clear philosophy and a history of top quality project delivery. The practice grew out of a rural location where it expanded its expertise in site planning and public design to a broad range of professional engagement. These original strengths in logical, well planned design and a commitment to the natural environment have been retained in our work.
The company now employs seven people, works throughout the South Island of New Zealand and overseas, across commercial, public and private projects. The practice has identified its core skills and these form the backbone of the multidisciplinary work that is now typically carried out. These core skills are site planning, landscape identity, communication and project delivery.