A collapsed building on Kilmore Street. Most of the site has already been cleared.
Diggers being used to clear the rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
A photograph of a cleared building site on Lichfield Street, opposite Re:Start mall.
This thesis was completed by Abigail Thompson for her Master of Architecture (Professional) at the University of Auckland in 2012. It was initiated with the aim of the addressing the destruction of many Christchurch buildings following the earthquakes, and investigates the role of architecture in public memory and ways of reconnecting people with the city. Note that some images in the thesis have been obscured in order to avoid copyright infringement.
A photograph of piles of gravel and building rubble behind a cleared site on Barbadoes Street.
A digger being used to clear the rubble from the Convention Centre on Peterborough Street.
A digger being used to clear the rubble from the Convention Centre on Peterborough Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "205 Manchester Street across the cleared site of 207".
A cleared building site on the corner of Oxford Street and London Street in Lyttelton.
A photograph looking across to Hereford Street from a cleared building site on Cashel Street.
A digger being used to clear the rubble from the Convention Centre on Peterborough Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Mall/Plymouth Lane".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Containers for the new shopping complex in Cashel Mall".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Tuam Street looking north-east towards corner Madras and Cashel Streets. IRD building is the large building on the left".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a group of shops on Colombo Street near the intersection of Kilmore Street. Large sections of the top storeys of the buildings have collapsed. Most of the bricks and other rubble have been cleared from the footpath. USAR codes have been spray-painted on many of the shops' windows. The closest store has been demolished and the rubble has been cleared away.
A photograph of a cleared building site on High Street, near the corner of Cashel Street.
The world's first remote-operated digger will enter and undertake internal cleanup inside Christchurch's iconic Cathedral.
Next to a pile of bricks, spray-painted USAR codes on a footpath read, "Clear/R, 4 Mar".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "London Street showing the cleared site of the Empire Hotel".
Residents enjoying a meal after working to clear liquefaction from a property in north-east Christchurch.
A photograph of a cleared building site near the intersection of High Street and Cashel Street.
A photograph of a cleared building site near the intersection of High Street and Cashel Street.
A photograph of a cleared building site on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street.
A photograph of a cleared building site on High Street, near the intersection of Cashel Street.
A photograph of a cleared building site on High Street, near the intersection of Cashel Street.
A photograph of cleared building sites on High Street. Temporary sculptures and seating have been installed.
A photograph of cleared building sites on High Street. Temporary sculptures and seating have been installed.
A photograph of cleared building sites on High Street. Temporary sculptures and seating have been installed.
A photograph of a cleared site. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Papanui Road".
A photograph of a cleared building site near the intersection of High Street and Cashel Street.