A close-up photograph of a mosaic paver made from pieces of broken china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "As a trial we made pavers for the temporary Bus Exchange on St Asaph Street."
A photograph of boxes of broken china stored in a bedroom.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "May 2011, Crack'd has been going for a month. The china begins to collect in our spare room. It often arrived covered in liquefaction and broken glass, food and mud, and it was incredibly bulky. It had to be cleaned, sorted, but not broken down, before it was stored."
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A Chinese lantern in Victoria Square".
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch using pieces of broken china to create a mosaic on their ottoman.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Coming up with colour combinations. This is the fun part."
A photograph of pieces of broken china laid on top of Crack'd for Christchurch's ottoman.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A mosaicking day over the summer...lots of laughter and good food too."
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch using pieces of broken china to create a mosaic on their ottoman.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Coming up with colour combinations. This is the fun part."
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch in their workshop in the Christchurch central city. In the background there are boxes of broken china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "From left: Shirley Walden and Marie Hudson."
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch breaking up pieces of china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "September 2011. Another cracking day, one year after the first earthquake. From left: Marie Hudson and Robyn Black."
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "China Bistro Restaurant, 201 Manchester Street".
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch using pieces of broken china to create a mosaic on their ottoman.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A mosaicking day over summer...lots of laughter and good food too."
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch, who have been breaking up pieces of china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "September 2011. Another cracking day, one year after the first earthquake. From left: Marie Hudson, Robyn Black, and Sharon Wilson."
A photograph of a sign in the back windscreen of a car. The sign reads, "Crack'd for Christchurch. Do you have broken china? Give it new life in our unique public mosaic in our new city. Be part of it."
A photograph of Marie Hudson showing students at Oaklands Primary School how to break up large pieces of china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Marie Hudson giving a mosaicking workshop at Oaklands School."
A photograph of a member of Crack'd for Christchurch adding a piece of china to a half-finished mosaic design.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "As a trial we made pavers for the temporary Bus Exchange on St Asaph Street."
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch using pieces of broken china to create a mosaic on their ottoman.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A mosaicking day over summer...lots of laughter and good food too."
A photograph of a member of Crack'd for Christchurch using pieces of broken china to create a mosaic on their ottoman.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A mosaicking day over summer...lots of laughter and good food too."
Earthquake damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church at 163 Papanui Road.
Earthquake damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church at 163 Papanui Road.
A sign outside the Christchurch Chinese Church in Bryndwyr reading, "Tea, coffee, a chat, TLC, welcome".
A photograph of a workstation in Crack'd for Christchurch's workshop. The workstation includes pieces of broken china, a pair of cutters for breaking up china, a plastic container to hold china pieces, and two mosaic plans. One of the plans has a piece of mesh laid over the top. The other is being used to lay out the mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Marie begins the very first flower. It is so difficult and time consuming that we are all in despair. Will this take forever? No-one is getting paid and we all have jobs and lives in some chaos thanks to the earthquakes."
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The arcade at the Arts Centre with the Chinese lanterns from Chinese New Year still hanging in the tree".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The arcade at the Arts Centre with the Chinese lanterns from Chinese New Year fallen from the tree above".
Earthquake damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church at 163 Papanui Road.
Earthquake damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church at 163 Papanui Road.
Earthquake damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church at 163 Papanui Road.
A photograph of Helen Campbell and Sigal Golan making mosaic leaves out of pieces of broken china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "In March an Israeli mosaicker travelling through New Zealand stayed with Helen for a week and gave us her time for free. Thank you Sigal Golan."
One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 6 September 2010 showing earthquake damage to the red brick building of the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church, 165 Papanui Road. The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road sustained severe damage during the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The church still stands although financial ...
Memorial design in the West has been explored in depth (Stevens and Franck, 2016; Williams, 2007), and for landscape architects it presents opportunities and challenges. However, there is little in the English language literature about memorial design in China. How have Chinese designers responded to the commemorative settings of war and disaster? This study will adopt the method of case study to analyse two of the most representative memorials in China: Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall (war) and Tangshan Earthquake Memorial Hall (disaster). Both landscapes have undergone three or four renovations and extensions in the last four decades, demonstrating the practical effects of the Chinese landscape theory. These examples of responses to trauma through memorial landscape interventions are testimonies to the witnesses, victims, abusers, ordinary people, youth and the place where the tragedy took place. This study will explore the reconstruction and expansion of the two memorials under the background of China's policies on memorial landscapes in different periods, as well as their functions of each stage. The research will examine how existing Chinese memorial theories exhibit unique responses at different times in response to the sadness and needs experienced by different users. Key Words:memorial landscape; memorial language; victims; descriptive; architecture; experence; disaster; memorial hall; landscape development; Chinese memorial; war.
The Philippines government is asking for extra compensation for its citizens killed in the Christchurch earthquake, a similar plea is being made by China.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Chinese lanterns against spring growth in Victoria Square".