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- Lichfield Street: Postcard
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- Photographs of a postcard depicting Julia Holden's painting 'Lichfield Street' from the series 'Wish You Were Here 2014'.
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- IHC Christchurch Earthquake Reflection Group Photographs
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- Photographs taken during the filming of the IHC Christchurch Earthquake Reflection Group's 'Earthquake Reflections' videos.
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- SCIRT Standard Details
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SCIRT standard details were developed to ensure a consistent approach to common design elements, and to save design time by providing a quick reference to an agreed standard design rather than creating new design drawings of the same element. For example, a standard drawing for a water supply backflow preventer.
Standard details also clarified the requirements of the Infrastructure Recovery Technical Standards and Guidelines (IRTSG) and the Construction Standard Specification (CSS), for example when the information was out of date.
Standard details were required because SCIRT's four design teams had different approaches, potentially resulting in variation in the design outputs and confusion for Delivery Teams and sub-contractors.
Standard details were developed within the Technical Groups in consultation with:
- Design Teams
- Estimating Teams
- Delivery Teams
- Asset Owners
- Asset Owners' Maintenance Team representatives
- Technical Leads
- Manufacturers/Suppliers
The benefits of standard details included improved quality of construction through consistency of requirement, cost savings through reduced design and construction time, and more efficient operation and maintenance as details were standard across the network.
Once each standard detail was developed and approved by the Technical Leads, it was uploaded to Project Centre where it was available to both Design and Delivery Teams.
A reference index for SCIRT standard details and CSS details was compiled In order to clarify where conflicts existed between the two and where SCIRT standard details took precedence.
Many of the SCIRT developed standard details were adopted by the Christchurch City Council, and included in later versions of their CSS.
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- The 10th Brunel International Lecture Series: Collectively we are Stronger
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The first Executive General Manager of SCIRT, Duncan Gibb, was appointed as the 10th Brunel International Lecturer in 2013 and made an honorary Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
The Brunel International Lecture was instituted in 1999 in memory of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1806-1859, one of the world's most respected engineers. His work revolutionised modern engineering. Each Brunel lecturer is chosen for their contribution to civil engineering.
Gibb's lecture described the SCIRT model, and explained that innovative ways of collaborative thinking and action are required to mitigate, prepare for and respond to crisis.
The lecture was delivered at more than 30 locations in 27 countries to engineers, planners, designers, developers and policy makers throughout 2014 and 2015.
In August 2015 Gibb presented his Brunel Lecture to an audience in Christchurch, New Zealand. The lecture is entitled Collectively we are stronger: Engineers generating collaborative solutions to strengthen community resilience post-disaster.
The video of Gibb's Christchurch lecture is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJwXdAs5pfE&t=3008s
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- Dancing Through Impermanent Spaces
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- A collection of short films by Elizabeth Guthrey, which explore permanence and impermanence in our relationship with the living world, and the built environment. The films are a creative response to the earthquakes in Christchurch.
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- Infogap
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Infogap'. The project description reads, "Fourth year architecture students from Sydney came to Christchurch for a week and worked with members of the Peterborough community to develop ideas in response to the new TC3 land requirements. These ideas were visualised by the students and presented to the community at CPIT. The students also designed and constructed a temporary outdoor exhibition space that was used to exhibit their designs to the community and public on a sunny afternoon in late April".
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- SVA - The Concert
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'SVA - The Concert'. The project description reads, "The Volunteer Army Foundation is hosting an awesome music event to help recreate Christchurch and support volunteering. The Concert is designed to encourage more people to volunteer in their communities to bring back that sense of community we all felt following the quakes. To attend The Concert everyone must do 4+ hours of volunteering - there are no tickets for sale. We aim to get 10,000 people to do 40,000 hours of volunteering".
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- 120 Manchester Street
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- Images and a brief history about a building that was located at 120 Manchester Street. These were used to build the CityViewAR application, where people can walk around the city, and use their mobile devices to see pictures and written information about the buildings before they were demolished.
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- Dairy and Container Colombo Street
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- Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Dairy and Container Colombo Street'. The project description reads, "A dairy that lost its building in the 4 September 2010 quake re-opened in a converted shipping container".
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- UCSA Memories from the Town Site
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- University of Canterbury alumni share their memories of the university's Town Site.
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- Focus360 Panoramas: Colombo Street and Kilmore Street
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- Interactive 360-degree panoramic photographs taken at the intersection of Colombo Street and Kilmore Street.
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- Photographs of CityUps
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- Photographs of CityUps - a 'city of the future for one night only', and the main event of FESTA 2014. The event was held on vacant sites at the intersection of Lichfield Street, Manchester Street and High Street. Architecture students from Unitec, The University of Auckland and CPIT collaborated with local businesses to create large-scale, temporary structures to entertain the public.
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- All Right? AWA Trails
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'Awa' means 'river' in Māori, and the acronym AWA stands for three neighbouring suburbs located on the Avon-Otakaro river: Aranui, Wainoni and Avondale. These areas were amongst the most severely affected following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, comprising much of the red-zone.
The AWA Trails project encouraged Christchurch residents, particularly those in the East, to spend more time exploring their local environment, and following and practicing the 5 Ways to Wellbeing. Pupils from four local schools created walking trails around the AWA area.
In August 2016 All Right? launched each trail the AWA Trails project at each of the participating schools: Chisnallwood Intermediate School, Aranui School, St James School and Wainoni School. This collection includes photographs from this launch and those at each of the other schools involved.
This collection also includes the AWA Trails Map, which was available to download at www.allright.org.nz/our-projects/awa-trails-project/.
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- Photographs of the Sevicke Jones Building, 53 Cathedral Square
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- Photographs of the Sevicke Jones Building, 53 Cathedral Square, commissioned by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
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- Photographs of Churchills Pub, 441 Colombo Street
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- Photographs of Churchills Pub, 441 Colombo Street, commissioned by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
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- Focus360 Panoramas: Colombo Street and Armagh Street
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- Interactive 360-degree panoramic photographs taken at the intersection of Colombo Street and Armagh Street.
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- Focus360 Panoramas: Colombo Street and Gloucester Street
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- Interactive 360-degree panoramic photographs taken at the intersection of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street.
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- Bridge of Remembrance and Memorial Arch
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Christchurch's Bridge of Remembrance and Memorial Arch was one of the city's most treasured remaining historic structures left standing after earthquakes scarred the region. Its restoration required innovation and imagination.
A powerful symbol of the rebuild, Christchurch's iconic Bridge of Remembrance and Memorial Arch was returned to full grandeur.
The SCIRT restoration project recognised the importance of the city's past amid the focus on the future. It proved to be one of the most difficult and rewarding projects of the rebuild.
The Bridge of Remembrance and Memorial Arch was officially opened on Armistice Day, November 11, 1924. Nearly 90 years later, the badly damaged war memorial was again the focus of the people of Christchurch. The Memorial Arch - a site of reflection - was one of the city's most treasured remaining historic structures left standing after a series of earthquakes rumbled through the region.
Repairs to the 360-tonne, 14-metre high and 20-metre wide Memorial Arch - an imposing structure of sharp lines and ornate decoration - included the insertion of steel inside the masonry columns to strengthen the structure and concrete that increased the weight of the arch to 470 tonnes. The addition of a "rocking collar" at the base further supported the reinforced arch. Significant modifications to the articulation of the structure allowed the rocking action to occur in any direction.
A flyover of the completed restoration work can be viewed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKSUfmg1jzY
SCIRT's innovative work on the Memorial Arch was recognised with the Canterbury Heritage Awards 2016 Public Realm - Saved and Restored Award.
NB: While several historical and official documents have referred to the "Triumphal" Arch, the correct name is the Memorial Arch.
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- Cotter Building: Painting
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- Photographs of Julia Holden's painting 'Cotter Building' from the series 'Wish You Were Here 2014'. This painting was photographed and made into large-format postcards, which were printed by Phantom Billstickers and distributed around cafes in Wellington and Auckland.
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- Photographs of LUXCITY: Archrobatics
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- Photographs of Archrobatics, a temporary installation which was created by students from Unitec. Archrobatics was part of LUXCITY - a city of lights that existed for one night on Saturday 20 October 2012. LUXCITY was the main event of FESTA 2012.