Have your say on future plans for Majestic Square

Festival of Cultures at Majestic Square

In 2015 internationally-renowned urban design company Urbanismplus Ltd was contracted to engage with the community to develop a plan to regenerate Whanganui’s town centre. As part of this process they consulted with a broad range of groups including the Whanganui District Council, local iwi representatives, businesses and the wider community.

Majestic Square was one of the focal points of this process, as it is the heart of Whanganui’s town centre. Urbanismplus looked at the history of the space and the ways it was currently used. They found that the space could be redesigned to make it much more functional for both events and as a central city community gathering space. From this, they developed a preliminary design(PDF, 2MB) that remedied some of the Square’s current limitations.

The preliminary design includes reinstating the view from Cooks Gardens to the Sarjeant Gallery, adding grassed terraces to act as informal seating during events, integrating the existing water feature into the steps and creating a children’s water play area.

This design is not the final design but provides a good starting point for a renewed conversation with the community about the design of the Square.

 

When

  • Wednesday, 27 November 2019 | 11:30 AM - 01:30 PM
  • Saturday, 30 November 2019 | 08:00 AM - 01:00 PM
  • Wednesday, 04 December 2019 | 11:30 AM - 01:30 PM
  • Thursday, 05 December 2019 | 11:30 AM - 01:30 PM
  • Tuesday, 10 December 2019 | 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM

Location

You can have your say at:
Majestic Square at 11.30am-1.30pm on Wednesday, 27 November, Wednesday 4 December and Thursday, 5 December 2019

Whanganui River Markets on Saturday, 30 November 2019

Public meeting, Pioneer Room, Whanganui War Memorial Centre at 5.30pm, Tuesday 10 December 2019

Majestic Square, Maria Place, Whanganui, 4500, View Map

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