An aerial photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers Buildings on Durham Street.
An aerial photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers Buildings on Durham Street.
An aerial photograph of masonry from the earthquake damaged Canterbury Provincial Chambers Building on Durham Street.
An aerial photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers Buildings on Durham Street.
An aerial photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers Building on Durham Street.
An aerial photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers Buildings on Durham Street.
The Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority says today's aftershocks have caused up to 50 additional buildings in the city's redzone to collapse or partially collapse.
Graffiti on a damaged building. The photographer comments, "After some of the walls were demolished this graffiti was exposed. The next day this wall was gone as well".
The "Lyttelton Harbour Review" newsletter for 13 May 2013, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
Heritage buildings are an important element of our urban environments, representing the hope and aspirations of a generation gone, reminding us of our achievements and our identity. When heritage buildings suffer damage, or fall into disrepair they are either met by one of two extremes; a bulldozer or painstaking repair. If the decision to conserve defeats the bulldozer, current heritage practice favours restoration into a mausoleum-type monument to yesteryear. But what if, rather than becoming a museum, these heritage buildings could live on and become a palimpsest of history? What if the damage was embraced and embodied in the repair? The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street, Christchurch is the case study building for this thesis. Suffering damage in the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, the Cathedral sits in ruin waiting for decisions to be made around how it can be retained for future generations. This thesis will propose a reconstruction for the Cathedral through the analysis of precedent examples of reconstructing damaged heritage buildings and guided by a heritage framework proposed in this thesis. The employed process will be documented as an alternative method for reconstructing other damaged heritage buildings.
A map showing the locations of condemned and damaged buildings.
A close up of a damaged wall inside a building.
Damaged building at the corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets.
Damaged building at the corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Whitcoulls Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Whitcoulls Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Whitcoulls Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Whitcoulls Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Whitcoulls Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Whitcoulls Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Whitcoulls Building.
Damaged building with sections of its brick wall boarded up.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Whitcoulls Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Whitcoulls Building.
Damage to the Caxton Press Building in the central city.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Whitcoulls Building.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Whitcoulls Building.
Damage to the Nurse Maude Building in the city centre.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage to building in central Christchurch".