A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "By McKenzie & Willis, St Asaph Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Trade Union Centre building, corner of Madras and Armagh Streets".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Trade Union Centre building, corner of Madras and Armagh Streets".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "By McKenzie & Willis, St Asaph Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "By McKenzie & Willis, St Asaph Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "By McKenzie & Willis, St Asaph Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Aerial view of Christchurch from near the airport".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Books on the floor of the Central Christchurch City Library, viewed through the window on Gloucester Street".
A photograph of a makeshift café set up by Lyttelton Coffee Co outside the Christchurch City Council in Lyttelton.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sign 'This is a dangerous workplace' in the Central City Library, Gloucester Street".
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble of the demolished Smiths City car park building on Moorhouse Avenue.
Aerial image of the Christchurch City Centre taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
The first media pictures have been taken of the most recent damage to Christchurch's central city in Monday's earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View of the Centre of the City from Victoria Square to the cathedral".
An old fashioned telephone box outside the Our City O-Tautahi building with heavy steel bracing in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The huge leadlight ceiling in the old City Council Civic Offices, Manchester Street".
A photograph of a woman making coffee in a temporary café in a house in the Christchurch central city.
An aerial photograph of the central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street, and High Street.
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble of the demolished Smiths City car park building on Moorhouse Avenue.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The central city looking east, with Latimer Square at the top".
A block of shops that have been cordoned off on Colombo Street. Seen from South City Mall car park.
The demolition site of St Elmo Courts at 47 Hereford Street. The City Council Building is now visible behind.
Central city cordon on the corner of Durham Street North and Bealey Avenue, with both Army and Police presence.
A truck fire fighter from the Christchurch City Council Rural Fire Authority spraying water on the road next to the CTV Building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Edmonds Telephone Booth on Oxford Terrace, near Madras Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Young people check their laptops at the temporary South City Library in the Sydenham Mall, Colombo Street south".
A photograph of a Hutt City Emergency Response team member talking to a police officer on Victoria Street as a group of workers watch on.
A paper submitted by Andrew Moore in partial fulfilment of the degree of Bachelor of Music with Honours, covering the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes on the musical life of Christchurch. Dissertation supervised by Dr Elaine Dobson, University of Canterbury School of Music. All photographs from The Press are copyright Fairfax Media and are used with permission.
The aftermath of three earthquakes has forced Christchurch to re-plan and rebuild. New perspectives of a sustainable city have arisen granting Christchurch the chance of becoming an example to the world. This work is centred on bioclimatic landscape design as a base for greening strategies. It deals with strategic landscape design adapted to a specific climate, from a user’s perspective. The investigation will be applied to Christchurch’s urban centres, assessing cultural adaptability to the local climate and implications for landscape design. Climatic data shows that humidity is not a local problem. However, the wind is the determinant. In Christchurch the solar radiation and the prevailing winds are the most important microclimatic variables, the latter intensifying the loss of surface heat, decreasing the radiant temperature and affecting thermal sensation. The research objective is to explore design parameters at the street-scale and identify ways to maximise thermal comfort in outdoor spaces through design-based strategies. The investigation will apply methods of participant observation, depth interviews, climatic data collection and design experimentation based on thermal comfort models and computer simulation tools. Case study sites chosen for investigation are places with current levels of activity that may be anticipated in the rebuild of the central city. The research will have two main outcomes: improved understanding of local urban culture adaptation to microclimate, and a demonstration of how design can enhance adaption. These outcomes will inform designers and city managers about good design practices and strategies that can be used to ensure a long term liveable city.
Thousands of Christchurch residents have shared their views on how the central city should be rebuilt after February's catastrophic earthquake.