A photograph of a crowd on Manchester Street at LUXCITY.
Damage to ceiling systems resulted in a substantial financial loss to building owners in the Canterbury earthquakes. In some buildings, collapse of ceilings could easily have resulted in severe injury to occupants. This paper summarizes the types of ceiling damage observed in the Canterbury earthquakes, and draws useful lessons from the observed performance of different types of ceiling systems. Existing ceiling manufacturing and installing practices/regulations in New Zealand are critically scrutinized to identify deficiencies, and measures are suggested to improve the practice so that the damage to ceilings and the resulting loss are minimized in future earthquakes.
A photograph of an installation that forms part of the '60 Lights Market' at the LUXCITY event. Coordinators: Jeongbin Ok, Tiago Rorke, Jonathan Coates; student: Tom Hall
A photograph of a cleared building site between High Street and Lichfield Street. Part of a sculpture installation by Miranda Parkes can be seen on the right.
A photograph of the Atmosphere project being set up for LUXCITY.
A photograph of the Atmosphere project being set up for LUXCITY.
A photograph of the Atmosphere project being set up for LUXCITY.
A photograph of the Atmosphere project being set up for LUXCITY.
A photograph of crowds of people at LUXCITY, taken on Manchester Street.
A photograph of a crowd next to Atmosphere at LUXCITY.
A photograph of the Atmosphere project being set up for LUXCITY.
A photograph of various temporary installations that were part of CityUps - a 'city of the future for one night only', and the main event of FESTA 2014.
A photograph of a wooden cross erected on an empty site in Lyttelton. The cross is numbered 24, and is part of the Crux project.
A photograph of a wooden cross erected on an empty site in Lyttelton. The cross is numbered 42, and is part of the Crux project.
A photograph of a wooden cross erected on an empty site in Lyttelton. The cross is numbered 44, and is part of the Crux project.
A PDF copy of pages 256-257 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Crux'. Photos: Trent Hiles
A photograph of the Atmosphere project being set up for LUXCITY.
A photograph of a large-scale sculpture titled Altitude at LUXCITY.
A photograph of a large-scale sculpture titled Altitude at LUXCITY.
A photograph of a large-scale sculpture titled Altitude being set up for LUXCITY.
A photograph of a large-scale sculpture titled Altitude being set up for LUXCITY.
A photograph of a large-scale sculpture titled Altitude being set up for LUXCITY.
A photograph of visitors to the Pavilions & Lighting Devices market at LUXCITY.
A photograph of visitors to the Pavilions & Lighting Devices market at LUXCITY.
A photograph of visitors to the Pavilions & Lighting Devices market at LUXCITY.
A photograph of students setting up the Pavilions & Lighting Devices market for LUXCITY.
A photograph of Hera Hjartardottir and Ben Campbell from Fledge.
A photograph of the LUXCITY project titled Silhouette Carnival, on Gloucester Street.
A photograph of Mike Hewson's artwork, 'Government Life Suspension', on the side of the former Chancery Arcade.
A photograph of students setting up the Pavilions & Lighting Devices market for LUXCITY.