studio catherine griffiths

photographs (above) / © David Straight 2016

opening day, Zion Hill Park, May 2016

Zion Hill Park, completed May 2016

the site, 2014

drawings at various stages show underlying weave pattern and zig-zag perimeter, modified

winter 2014, the original site beyond the intersection, approaching Zion Hill

the site, at the time of expressions of interest, winter 2014

all photographs and drawings © Catherine Griffiths, unless otherwise noted

01 typography in the landscape

Light Weight O
O’Connell Street, Auckland, NZ
2012 / installed 2018

Kihi/Kiss
Wellington Airport domestic terminal, NZ
2015 / installation tba

Collidescape
Te Kei, Ara Institute of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ
2016

Zion Hill Park
Auckland, NZ
2014 construction 2015/16

Fifth Movement
Takapuna Beach House, NZ
2012

The Trestle Leg Series
Auckland Harbour Bridge, NZ
2012

A Hillside Intervention Athfield Architects, Wellington, NZ
2011/12

AEIOU
A typo/sound sculpture, Wellington, NZ
2009

Wellington Writers Walk
A series of 15 concrete text sculptures, Wellington, NZ
2002 and 2004

Ponatahi House
A house wrapped in literature, Wairarapa, NZ
2003

Distance Markers
A series of cast-iron, number discs, Wellington, NZ
2004

Zion Hill Park

2014 / completed 2016

client: Auckland Council Public Art Team, and Parks and Recreation

New Zealand

In 2014, following a call for expressions of interest by the Auckland Council Public Art Team, I joined one of the four shortlisted to submit a proposal for an artist-led redesign of a reserve. My design for the pocket-shaped park was selected, and subsequently developed with the Parks Team and built by Decker Landscapes. Opened by the local on May 30 2016, the park opens to the public.