Gap Filler Project 10: Community Chess
"Community Chess" is a collaborative project between Gap Filler and students from the University of Canterbury. The aim of the project was to restore the iconic Christchurch Chess Board that used to be played in Cathedral Square. A giant chess board was built on a vacant building site on Colombo Street in Sydenham, free to play for anybody in the community.
Last updated
9:45pm 2nd November 2017
Type
Collection
Identifier
qsr-collection:376
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- Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (2)
- Volunteers photographed in front of Gap Filler's Community Chess Board, now almost completed.
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- Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (3)
- Seats and tables made out of cable drums on the site of Gap Filler's Community Chess Board.
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- Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (4)
- Students from the University of Canterbury ready to help build Gap Filler's Community Chess Board.
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- Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (5)
- A student from the Student Volunteer Army transporting gravel in a wheelbarrow. He is one of the students from the University of Canterbury helping to build Gap Filler's Community Chess Board.
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- Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (6)
- A photograph of the original chess Board in Cathedral Square, before the earthquake.
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- Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (7)
- Students from the University of Canterbury preparing a demolished building site in Sydenham. This is where Gap Filler's Community Chess Board is to be built.
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- Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (8)
- Students from the University of Canterbury preparing a demolished building site in Sydenham. This is where Gap Filler's Community Chess Board is to be built.
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- Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (9)
- The foundations of Gap Filler's Community Chess Board in Sydenham.
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- Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (10)
- Two students from the University of Canterbury who helped build Gap Filler's Community Chess Board.
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- Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (11)
- The foundations of Gap Filler's Community Chess Board in Sydenham.
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- Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (12)
- Volunteers compacting concrete for the foundations of Gap Filler's Community Chess Board in Sydenham.
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- Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (13)
- Volunteers painting a fence on the site of Gap Filler's Community Chess Board. The wall has been made out of wooden pallets.