A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on High Street.
A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on High Street.
Damaged buildings on Madras Street seen through cordon fencing.
A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on Bedford Row.
A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on Bedford Row.
A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on Bedford Row.
The "Lyttelton Harbour Review" newsletter for 13 May 2013, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
A story submitted by Tayla Hodge to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
Transcript of Lorraine Savory's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 09 June 2013 entitled, "Outer Spaces".
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 damaged building on Bedford Row, seen from Cashel Street.
A damaged building on Bedford Row, seen from Cashel Street.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 September 2013 entitled, "Arcadian Art".
A story submitted by Jane McCulla to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 31 May 2013 entitled, "One thousand days....".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 5 August 2013 entitled, "Colourful Canterbury Brewery Building Going".
Broken windows and damaged cladding on the iStay building. Security fences have been placed around the building to restrict access.
A photograph looking across a cleared building site between Lichfield Street and Bedford row to damaged buildings on Lichfield Street.
A damaged building on Bedford Row, seen from Liverpool Street. The McKenzie and Willis building is visible in the background.
A photograph looking across a cleared building site between Lichfield Street and Bedford row to damaged buildings on Lichfield Street.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 11 July 2013 entitled, "Do you ever feel like you are walking through deep sand?".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 7 December 2013 entitled, "Time for some pretty sparkles".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 26 April 2013 entitled, "Fond Farewells".
Summary of oral history interview with Raewyn Iketau about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Jennette Geddes's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Emma Scott's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of A C Coleshill's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Tim Gray's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.