Negotiated StudyLAND8000

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Interests in Landscape Architecture

The word Eco

Sustainable Processes

Tourism

Culture and Natural History

what I can do for my home

Site Context

Site info

Location: Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Status: Abandoned over 20 years

Year Started: 1987

Year Completed: Unfinished

Size of Lot: over 30 acres

Sheraton Hotel

figures 1-7: show the existing state of the Sheraton building in Rarotonga.

Sheraton Hotel1987 • money involved with mafia

• $52 m for initial construction

• 90% complete

• over 9 failed developments

• each venture estimated costs for development over $40 m• has had its fair share of crook investment

• land is said to be cursed

• landlord still the same for all business ventures

• was at one point going to be a casino

• was also supposed to be a Hilton Hotel

• has been abandoned for over 20 years

• over 5 Prime Ministers involved

• at one point construction cost was estimated over $48 m

• landvalue is over $10m

• ghost structure is still standing today

Developers:

1987: Italian Company #1 - Unknown1993: Italian Company #2 - Unknown 1998: Japanese/Hawaiian Group2002: Outrigger Hotels & Resort - Hawaii2003: Mark Lyon2004: Korean Developer - Unknown2004-2010: Tim Tepaki and Te Paki Group with Dan McEwan and Investors Forumn 2010: Mirage Group Ltd - NZ2012: Currently no development

Prime Minister during the time:

Late Sir Geoffrey Henry (KBE) -1987-1999Dr Joe Williams -1999Sir Terepai Maoate (KBE) -1999-2002Dr Robert Woonton - 2002-2004Jim Marurai - 2004-2010 Henry Puna - 2010-Current

2012

Sheraton Hotel

Top: Artist impression of Rarotonga Hilton Resort.

Below: Artist impression of Sheraton Hotel

Right: Artist impression of Raro-tonga Hilton Resort. Features road that extends to the back of the site and shows areas of interest.

Right: Shows a building plan / Construction plan of Sheraton Hotel.

Left: Shows Construction plan of Sheraton Hotel with highlights showing pavement, roads, buildings and water sites.

Sheraton / Hilton Hotel

Below: Artist impression of Sheraton Hotel

Case Study#1 - The Brando - French PolynesiaMarlon Brando vowed to keep beauty for the future. Surviving children decide to honour fathers wishes to construct worlds first:

• self sustainable-eco resort • using sustainable fuel,

• sustainable energy, • water management, • use of local materials,

• new swac airconditioning technology

• zero carbon footprint impact

• low impact design

The hotel will feature • 35 private villas,• 30 single-room villas, • 4 two-room villas, • one 3-room villa.

The resort will feature six-star facili-ties, • 2 restaurants, • 2 bars, • a spa built over a freshwater la-

goon,• staff housing, • maintenance area.

figures 1-2: show artist impression of two of the types of villas that will be available from the new resort that is yet to be completed in French Polynesia.

figures 1-2: show artist impression of two of the types of villas that will be available from the new resort that is yet to be completed in French Polynesia.

Case Study#2 - Bali Eco Resort - Bali

figure 1 - 3: Existing views of one of the Bali Eco-Resorts bungalows called the Rice Water.

The Bali Eco Stay is a one of a kind resort which is serious about eco-tourism and being green as a whole.It environmentally manages everything that they do at the re-sort.

• natural cleaning product

• local craftsman used traditional building methods

• construction locally sourced materials

• food is grown on-site

• mountain spring water

• free range produce

• hydro-electricity

• building sited in harmony with the natural contours

• no heavy machinery = low impact on landscape

• solar heating

Case Study#3 - Jean Michael Cousteau - Fiji

figures 9-14: Photos showing interior lounge area, outdoor views to the bure (hut), from the jetty, the local people, the bar and one of the bure’s in the evening.

Fiji’s Jean Michael Cousteaus’ Fiji Island Resort is world renown and is an award winning 5-star resort.

It has won the Best Luxury Eco-Tourism property for 2012 as well as many other various awards.

Like the other two case study resorts it boasts of being a sustain-able and leader eco-tourism.

a leader in eco-tourism is full time resident marine biolo-gist

local Fijian cultural host who tells amazing stories of the island and takes the tourists on an eco-friendly medicinal and edible plant walk.

figures 1-6: Photos showing on-site vege garden area, diving, kayak hire hut, bungalow (bure), relaxing tourist, yoga hut, resident marine biologist, and local tour guide.

figures 9-14: Photos showing interior lounge area, outdoor views to the bure (hut), from the jetty, the local people, the bar and one of the bure’s in the evening.

Potentials•increase financial state of local economy

•help the people of the Cook Islands get out of debt

•accomodate tourism economy

•provide jobs for local people

•sustainable luxury hotel

•eco-resort

•first 5 star hotel in Cook Islands

Issues

• no development in 20 years

• land is apparently cursed

• landscape is sinking

• money$

• site is reverting back to nature

•How can localised culture revive abandoned resorts in an eco-friendly way and is it possible to promote eco-tourism with sustainable practices in mind?

•Is it possible to incorporate local culture and natural history to create an authen-tic eco-resort and eco tourism in the Cook Islands?

• Is it possible to incorporate sustainability practices and processes with culture and awareness for a successfully viable eco-tourism destination to an eco-resort in the Cook Islands?

•Can cultural localised traditional building and landscaping techniques be used in building an abandoned resort and how can it be brought to life as an eco-re-sort with a low impact development design on the environment in mind?

•How can sustainability in terms of alternate fuel and necessity consumption be used and brought in together to help revive an abandoned hotel in the Cook Is-lands?

Possible Questions

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