Three members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team working on the site of the CTV Building.
Three members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team working on the site of the CTV Building.
Three members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team working on the site of the CTV Building.
Three members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team working on the site of the CTV Building.
The Urban Search and Rescue team searching the remains of the Canterbury Television building for trapped people with the aid of a Southern Demolition digger.
The Urban Search and Rescue team searching the remains of the Canterbury Television building for trapped people with the aid of a Southern Demolition digger.
A photograph of a working bee at Agropolis urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. The working bee was part of FESTA 2014.
A photograph of a working bee at Agropolis urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. The working bee was part of FESTA 2014.
A photograph of part of an installation titled Urban RefleXion. The installation was designed by Architectural Studies students from CPIT for Canterbury Tales.
A photograph of a woman applying filler to a concrete-block wall, in preparation for painting it to become the Poetica Urban Poetry wall.
Members of the New Zealand and Japanese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams working on the site of the CTV Building.
Members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue team taking a break from working on the CTV Building site.
Members of the Police and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams digging through rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
Three members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team taking a break at the site of the CTV Building.
There is a now a rich literature on the connections between digital media, networked computing, and the shaping of urban material cultures. Much less has addressed the post-disaster context, like we face in Christchurch, where it is more a case of re-build rather than re-new. In what follows I suggest that Lev Manovich’s well-known distinction between narrative and database as distinct but related cultural forms is a useful framework for thinking about the Christchurch rebuild, and perhaps urbanism more generally.
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams watching a digger clear rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
Three men from the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue Team having a break while a digger clears rubble at the CTV Site.
Members of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team using a circular saw to cut through steel at the site of the CTV Building.
A member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team clearing a piece of steel at the site of the CTV building.
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams cutting through the steel at the site of the CTV building.
St John Ambulance and Urban Search and Rescue personnel conferring near the base of the collapsed Pyne Gould Corporation building in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of Agropolis, an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Agropolis was the venue for several events throughout FESTA 2013.
Urban Search and Rescue personnel escorting construction workers over a bridge on Colombo Street in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The road and footpath have been severely warped by the earthquake.
Urban Search and Rescue personnel escorting construction workers over a bridge on Colombo Street in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The road and footpath have been severely warped by the earthquake.
Emergency personnel gathering on Madras Street outside the collapsed Canterbury Television building. A digger and the Urban Search and Rescue team can be seen searching the rubble.
A photograph of Agropolis, an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Agropolis was the venue for several events throughout FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Agropolis, an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Agropolis was the venue for several events throughout FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Agropolis, an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Agropolis was the venue for several events throughout FESTA 2013.
A member of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue team using wire cutters to cut through steel at the site of the CTV building.
Panelists Tim Grafton, Emily Walton and Katherine Smith Dedrick responding to questions during the Panel Discussion session, 'Is delay, deny an urban myth?'. The session was chaired by Brendon Burns, Director at Macro Communications.