Walker Village is a proposed walkable community in Queenstown with 74 houses laid out to promote connectivity, environmental sustainability, and social interaction. Key features include houses oriented towards maximum sunlight, shared walls for compact design, on-site food production, and a central community hub with a cinema, restaurant, and playground. The development emphasizes alternative transportation through walking and cycling connections, and aims to minimize car use and environmental impact through designs like north-facing solar gain, green waste composting, and a community intranet for carpooling.

1. WALKERVILLAGE
District context
• Close to Frankton town centre
• Adjoining Lake Hayes Estate and Shotover
Country
local context
• close to shops ,schools, parks,workplaces
and play areas
connectivity and
opportunities
• access to public transport
• access to Queenstown trail
• cycling and walking connections to LHE and SC.
restraints
• respect rural corridors
• retain poplars and chestnut grove
• confine development to terrace and avoid
escarpment
Design Goals for Occupants
• affordability
• opportunity to work from home
• privacy and garden
• limited car ownership with accessibility to public transport
• warm, well designed houses
• ability to add a personal touch, the ability to finish off the house interior
• community gardens
• sunshine
• companionship
Design Goals for Community
• slow speed car environment with emphasis on walking and cycling
• communal facilities such as a restaurant, yoga studio, bike store,workshop,cinema and cafe
• common management of land
• not exclusive, part of the Lake Hayes community
• lively
• all ages welcome
• a distinct identity with an established garden /aviation focus
VILLAGE CONTEXT
House and stone wall landmark
Chestnut grove landmark
The Bull landmark
The Queenstown trail
The Workshop
integratingintotheneighbourhood
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2. Heart of community
cinema, restaurant
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Hohepa
Lake Hayes
Playground
Cafe on Lake
Green waste
composting
Chestnut Grove
Household carparking
Chestnut harvest
industry
Bike shed,
community transport
Farmers Market
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Cropping field, glider field
caring
harvest
lakeside cafe
enjoy food
play
screen cars
sun and view
A NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH A DIFFERENT VISION FOR THE WAKATIPU
• Establish a separate“Hohepa Lake Hayes” residential community house that enables young people with disabilities to reside in a well
managed and caring environment with market garden work opportunities.
• Create Walker Village on the balance of the land-a walking, people orientated community where cars have low priority
• Create a community “heart” at the centre of Walker Village where the cafe, restaurant, farmers market and playground form a walking
destination for the entire Lake Hayes community via links into the trails network.
• Walker Village will have a variety of housing and work from home opportunities.
• Walker Village will build on the existing opportunities offered by the Chestnut Grove, to plant, harvest and market food.
SITE PLAN
A HOUSING LAYOUT THAT PROMOTES ENERGY CONSERVATION
• All houses will have a northerly aspect to maximise solar gain.
• Most houses are two storey, creating a compact footprint,and will have a shared wall.
• All houses will have pitched roofs capable of carrying PV units for heating and electricity.
• Water will be sourced on site via the Windemeer Aquifer, and stormwater collected into the new Walker Lagoon.
• Vegetable production, cropping and green waste composting will be encouraged on site
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WALKERVILLAGE
creatingaplace
farmers market
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3. Hohepa
Lake Hayes
a residential home for people with
disabilities
Large
Stand alone
house
Town House Terrace House Single person
House
Live Work Loft
Style Unit
• Accommodation for up to 5
people and live in carer
• Modelled on “Abbeyfield” but
for younger persons
• single storey but could be two
storey
• Separate entrance off Ladies
Mile
• standalone house 9m wide
with external or internal
garaging
• family up to 6 people
• section size 370-400 m2
• house size 197 m2
• 3 bed 2 -3 bath
• entrance possibly off
Ladies Mile to reflect
status of these houses
• 3 total
• townhouse 8.5m wide with
external or internal garaging
• family up to 8 people if garage
used as office/bedroom
• section size 200-300 m2
• house size 148 m2
• 3-4 bed,2-3 bath
• entrance via Lake Hayes
estate Road
• 11 total
• terrace house 4.5m wide
with storage provided
between houses and off site
carparking
• family up to 4 people
• section size 117-161 m2
• house size 109 m2 (including
shed)
• entrance via Lake Hayes
road
• 27 total
• town house single storey
• for single person or couple;
possibly elderly units with
visitor carparking
• section size 143-148 m2
• house size 59 m2
• entrance via Lake Hayes Road
• 4 total
4.5 m work from home Type 1
2 level
total floor area 112.5 m2
1 bedroom
site size 56.5 m2
17 total
4.5 m work from home Type 2
3 level
total floor area 136 m2
2 bedroom
site size 56.5 m2
10 total
YIELD 74 HOUSES
community
stand alone house
town house
courtyard house
single person house
loft, live and work
publicpath
publicpath
private
private
publicroad
publicroad
NORTH
FACING
COURTYARDS
WALKERVILLAGE
StreetandHome
HOUSING TYPE
TYPICAL ROAD CROSS SECTION
SITES TO HAVE RAISED
GARDEN BEDS AT NORTH
EDGES AND FRONT ONTO
COMMUNITY PATH
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4. Walker Village is a people orientated, walkable community
where cars have low priority. The site layout has many
features which demonstrate this. These include;
• Small houses with shared walls
• North facing units- everyone gets a view and sunshine
• Raised garden beds on the north side of houses
• Walking / cycling connections within the site and to
school and childcare
• Opportunities for on-site food production
• Community green waste and recycling
• Social connectivity through community intranet to enable
carpooling, bulk shopping etc..
• Work from home opportunities
• Low speed road network
WALKERVILLAGE
EnvironmentalResponsibility Environmental footprint 3 waters
community communication
Building materials
recycling
Water use – where it comes from, how it’s used, where it
goes
Potable water supply:
The site is located within the Windemeer aquifer area.
A recent ORC report, entitled Investigation into the Wakatipu
Basin Aquifers ( July 2014), shows there available capacity
in the Windemeer aquifer to supply potable water to the
proposed development. ORC Consent would be sought to
take groundwater from the Windemeer Aquifer via a new bore
to service the village. The groundwater would be pumped to
holding tanks and treated via filtration before being distributed
for household use. The houses within the village would have low
water use features such as low flow shower heads, front loading
washing machines & dual flush low volume 6/3 toilets.
Irrigation water supply:
The property would be irrigated using the Arrow Irrigation.
Mulching and soil management would be employed to minimise
water consumption.
Effluent disposal:
The main QLDC sewer trunk line runs in front of the land along
SH6. Consent would be sought to connect to this.
Greywater:
Fresh grey water irrigation systems that divert grey water from
showers, basin and laundries direct into gardens via subsurface
irrigation pods will be investigated eg Waterlilee.
Stormwater:
As the property is being developed with a very light footprint,
stormwater will be managed with low impact water sensitive
design. Swales, a pond and permeable paving to parking areas
would be employed in conjunction with soakholes to manage
stormwater.
At the heart of the development, within the existing
residential area, is proposed a social hub including a
community cinema, restaurant, café and playground.
This hub brings people together and forms the heart of the
community.
Walker Village is a people place.
A community intranet system is a social framework for
communication and provides lots of opportunities within the
village.
These include;
• Carpooling
• Shared car system
• Home rentals
• Bulk groceries
• Childcare
• Selling surplus produce
• News and notices
WINGFIELD
community cinema
watch.learn .share
a lens that sharpens
our world view
On site recycling
A community of 100-150 people produces a significant amount
of waste.
Every year more than 2,200 tonnes of food and green waste
from the Queenstown Lakes District is sent to the Victoria Flats
Landfill. The Council is committed to diverting this material from
the landfill and encourages the community to compost food and
green waste at home.
The Walker Village has a designated green waste and
composting area where food scraps and green waste will be
collected and transformed into compost for the gardens. No
green waste will be taken off site.
The Village is on the Council garbage and recyclables route
for taking non-compostable waste away. A collection point is
located near entrance so big rubbish trucks don’t have to enter
the village.
The choice of materials in houses will be subject to the following
criteria
• The type and volume of raw materials used in manufacturing
• The effects on health while the products are installed and
located within the building
• The durability of materials so resources arent wasted in
unnecessary maintenance and replacement
• The recyclability or safe disposal of products once they’ve
eached the end of their use.
By employing good management practices via a Waste
Management Plan onsite construction will be managed to save
both money and materials by
• Designing for standards sizes to avoid cut offs
• Off site prefabrication
• Keeping the design simple
• Ordering the minimum amount of materials for the job
• Recycling all site waste
• Providing contractors with clear guidelines on waste
management practices
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Energy
All northern facing roofs will either have std pv panels or
c21e pv integrated roof tiles connected into a grid tied system.
Lighting to pathways and roads will be solar to garden paths,
and low energy bollards to roadway.
http://zeroenergyhouse.co.nz/photovoltaics/
• 74 new dwellings
• 5 ha on site food
• walkable neighbourhood
• Hohepa Lake Hayes
residential house
• wide variety of housing
enviroARK architects Queenstown ph 0272550659