Transitional City

Text and images from the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The book documents projects created in response to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.

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10:50pm 6th November 2017
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Contains 588 items in 176 collections


Capitalism Has Collapsed
Capitalism Has Collapsed
Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Capitalism Has Collapsed'. The project description reads, "A fly poster with a political edge".
Contains 2 items
Car Park Frontage
Car Park Frontage
Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Car Park Frontage'. The project description reads, "A public seating area, path surfaces and robust planting designed for low maintenance and proving successful in that aim. Made car park on commercial demo site less unsightly without taking many vehicle spaces. Used recycled materials".
Contains 1 item
Cardencity
Cardencity
Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Cardencity'. The project description reads, "Installation - commentary on the abundance of Wilson Parking 'venues' replacing lost buildings and businesses".
Contains 6 items
Central City Plan (Draft Central City Recovery Plan for Ministerial Approval, December 2011)
Central City Plan (Draft Central City Recovery Plan for Ministerial Approval, December 2011)
Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Central City Plan (Draft Central City Recovery Plan for Ministerial Approval, December 2011)'. The project description reads:
A recovery plan for the rebuilding of Christchurch's central city after the devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, inspired by over 106,000 ideas from the public through Share an Idea, key stakeholder feedback, and a 48 hour design challenge.Share an Idea was a public engagement campaign launched within ten weeks of the February 2011 earthquake to maximise the community involvement in the redevelopment of the central city. The campaign was the overall winner of the 2011 Co-Creation Award, issued by the Netherlands-based Co-Creation Association to recognise and celebrate the most original and successful co-creation initiatives. 2011 is the first time the award has gone to an initiative outside Europe.The Central City Plan was also awarded the New Zealand Award for Project of the Year in 2012 by the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Australasia.
Contains 1 item
Central Station: Temporary Bus Exchange
Central Station: Temporary Bus Exchange
Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Central Station: Temporary Bus Exchange'. The project description reads, "Built as a temporary bus exchange to support the public transport system and located to provide easy access to Re:START retail area".
Contains 1 item
Christchurch Coastal Pathway
Christchurch Coastal Pathway
Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Christchurch Coastal Pathway'. The project description reads, "The Christchurch Coastal Pathway Group is dedicated to establishing a safe, accessible, scenic pathway along the water's edge from Scarborough to the Ferrymead bridge, and ultimately onwards into our city's centre. The earthquakes have offered the opportunity to rethink the land/water's edge to offer access to wetland, coastline, beach and linking villages. A good example the Group has been looking at is the New Plymouth boardwalk".
Contains 1 item
Christchurch Stadium
Christchurch Stadium
Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Christchurch Stadium'. The project description reads, "The devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 left Christchurch without a venue to host large outdoor sporting and music events. Addington was considered the most suitable and available location for this new, temporary stadium for Christchurch. It is the first and largest sports facility built in Christchurch since the earthquakes, symbolising the city's recovery and rebuild. The stadium construction has taken less than 100 days. It will host rugby union, rugby league and football games, rugby union test matches, community and cultural events and music concerts. Much of the infrastructure for this temporary stadium has been sourced by Central Government from other New Zealand venues. The four light towers were decommissioned from Dunedin's Carisbrook ground, transported by truck, refurbished in Christchurch then installed at Christchurch Stadium. The entire pitch is reused 12,600 square metres of turf harvested from Christchurch's AMI Stadium in rolls then relaid at Christchurch Stadium".
Contains 1 item
Christchurch Transitional Cathedral
Christchurch Transitional Cathedral
Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Christchurch Transitional Cathedral'. The project description reads, "A temporary/transitional cathedral for the Christchurch Anglican Cathedral. Initiated by Shigeru Ban and expected to act as a Cathedral for 10 years. Once the Cathedral congregation has returned to the Square, the Ban Cathedral will be handed over to the St John's Latimer Square congregation as their church".
Contains 1 item
Christchurch: A Board Game
Christchurch: A Board Game
Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Christchurch: A Board Game'. The project description reads, "This was a life-size board game, shaped like a fish and right next to New Brighton Beach. The board game took players on a tour of well-known places around Christchurch, and neighboured the park too!".
Contains 5 items
Christchurch: See Through My Eyes (UNICEF Children's Photographs)
Christchurch: See Through My Eyes (UNICEF Children's Photographs)
Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Christchurch: See Through My Eyes (UNICEF Children's Photographs)'. The project description reads, "UNICEF New Zealand collaborated with partners to coordinate and implement a children's photography project to enable young people who experienced the Christchurch earthquake and continued to live through the aftermath to express their views on the event. It was acknowledged that most of the photography after the earthquakes concentrated on destruction and heartbreak and there was little heard about the earthquakes from a child's perspective. This project aimed to share the views of a group of 24 children to show how it affected their lives and their communities".
Contains 1 item
CityView AR
CityView AR
Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'CityView AR'. The project description reads, "A smartphone/tablet Augmented Reality (AR) application was created that allows the user to view demolished Christchurch buildings virtually where they once stood".
Contains 1 item
Co-Location of Secondary Schools in Christchurch Post 22 February 2011 Earthquake
Co-Location of Secondary Schools in Christchurch Post 22 February 2011 Earthquake
Material relating to a Transitional Cities project, titled 'Co-Location of Secondary Schools in Christchurch Post 22 February 2011 Earthquake'. The project description reads, "As a result of the earthquake in Christchurch five secondary schools were unable to continue to operate on their school site. The project was initiated to provide ongoing education for the learners in these schools by schools sharing sites. The host school operated in the morning and the guest school operated in the afternoon".
Contains 3 items