A paper which outlines SCIRT's approach to asset assessment, design and repair of damaged retaining walls, and presents a case study of a retaining wall rebuild, on Cunningham Terrace, Lyttelton.
A paper which shares the process followed for the assessment and prioritisation of the retaining walls within the Port Hills in Christchurch.
A paper which outlines the observed damage to Christchurch City Council-owned retaining walls and the repair solutions developed.
A magazine article which outlines the observations of engineers working on SCIRT retaining wall and ground improvement projects.
A presentation to the IPWEA conference of a paper which shares the process followed for the assessment and prioritisation of the retaining walls within the Port Hills in Christchurch.
The project report for Poetica, part of Gap Filler project 20, Walls. Poetica was an urban poetry project in which an interactive poetry installation was painted on the wall of 614 Colombo Street. The purpose of the project was to visualise the regeneration of Christchurch as an unwritten poem by allowing members of the public to writing poetry on the Poetica wall.
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 19 December 2013 entitled, "More Wall Art".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 17 December 2013 entitled, "Wall Art Christchurch ".
An entry from Sue Davidson's blog for 28 February 2013 entitled, "Bubble Wall Nears Completion".
An entry from Sue Davidson's blog for 24 October 2012 entitled, "Steps and garden walls".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 14 January 2014 entitled, "Women on Wall".
An entry from Sue Davidson's blog for 2 December 2013 entitled, "A new bubble wall emerges....".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 5 August 2013 entitled, "Neither window nor wall".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 21 November 2012 entitled, "A Wall that Wows".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 22 December 2013 entitled, "Rise Festival Big Walls Artists".
An entry from Sue Davidson's blog for 19 November 2013 entitled, "And the wall came tumbling down........".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 12 February 2012 entitled, "My place and yours: on my wall!".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 24 December 2011 entitled, "Retaining Walls and Earthquakes".
An award application submitted for the IPWEA Annual Excellence Awards 2016, detailing Fulton Hogan's work repairing the repair methodology for the Sumner Road retaining wall - stage 4.
A document which describes the process that SCIRT took to repair the Sumner Road retaining wall - stage 4.
Pages 1 and 2 of a 2014 Wall Planner published in the Christchurch Press on Monday 9 December 2013.
Pages 1 and 2 of a 2014 Wall Planner published in the Christchurch Press on Friday 13 December 2013.
A news item titled, "Know Your Land Rights - Retaining Walls", published on the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre's website on Friday, 15 July 2011.
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The project report for Knit Happens, part of Gap Filler project 20, Walls. Knit Happens was a mural with a pattern reminiscent of a jersey. It was painted on the exposed wall of a brick building on Madras Street.
A PDF copy of pages 284-285 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Phoenix Wall Re-Painted...'. Photo: Reuben Woods
A paper describing the procedure and challenges associated with installing anchors through gabion baskets.
A pdf copy of panel 7 of Guy Frederick's 'The Space Between Words' exhibition. The panel includes text from an interview with Colleen McClure about her experiences of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Above this is an image of McClure sitting in front of the 'gratitude wall' in her house.
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A digital photograph in PDF format with caption. Image depicts the lounge wall where family members had drawn large pictures after the home was deemed Red Zoned.