Client - Suva City Council, Fiji

Design - FloDesign

Documentation - FloPluz

Project Management - ShareWork

Visual Presentation - FloRender

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Program: Competition. Mixed Use Development

 

For Stage 2 submission proposal, we have opted to focus on Zone A. We have come up with 7 sub-precints which we believe will provide Suva a viable and resilient blueprint to move to the future. This should then complement Zone B and Zone C proposed in Stage 1 of this competition.

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A COMPACT CITY

The compact city or city of short distances is an urban planning and urban design concept, which promotes relatively high residential density with mixed land uses. It is based on an efficient public transport system and has an urban layout which encourages walking and cycling, low energy consumption and reduced pollution.

 

Our proposal is to organise the Suva City Foreshore into seven sub-precints.

Zone A 1 – Village 6 & Nabukalou Estuary Precinct

Zone A 2 – Civic Central Precinct

Zone A 3 – Central Park Suva Music And Arts Precinct

Zone A 4 – Suva Convention & Exibition Centre Precinct

Zone A 5 – Tech Business & Education Precinct

Zone A 6 – South Marina Precinct

Zone A 7 – Parliament Precinct

 

ATTRACTING INNOVATION AND INVESTMENTS

The Sub-precincts are proposed to facilitate the creation and commercialisation of new ideas and support the inner city economies. Each sub-precint is to be developed as an employment and innovation precinct and a hub for life sciences, health, digital technology, and education.

 

Jobs growth and opportunities for greater economic output will leverage these distinct economic and strategic attributes. Land use planning controls will foster this innovation ecosystem and encourage clustering together of small and large organisations with contribution to public amenities and free flowing access to the waterfont edge.

 

To evolve into a distinct and thriving integrated inner-city neighbourhood, Suva City needs to showcase quality, affordable housing and workspaces, integrated into a network of open spaces and adaptable community facilities, with connections to the waterfront and recreation corridor.