Government initiative providing temporary accommodation service to people displaced by the Christchurch earthquake. Contains information about the service, and registration forms for property owners and applicants.
A temporary work place for the Fire Service has been set up in front of the Christchurch City Fire Station. Part of their original building has been fenced off.
A temporary work place for the Fire Service has been set up in fron of the Christchurch City Fire Station. Part of their original building has been fenced off.
A photograph of the empty site on the corner of Peterborough and Colombo Streets where the Info Gap temporary outdoor display space will be constructed.
A photograph of bricks stacked to spell out the word 'Lyttelton'. Behind the letters, plant pots have been laid out to form a temporary garden.
A couple of city blocks away from the now damaged Cathedral a temporary $4million cathedral has been built using large cardboard tubes and sheeting.
Liquefaction in a residential property in North New Brighton. The fence has subsided into the silt, and a temporary water line runs along the street in front. The photographer comments, "Because this is in the Christchurch red zone the people living here, if they have lost one of the normal essentials such as sewage they will not get it repaired. It is get out or live in third world conditions. The blue line is the temporary water pipe, which will be removed when the area is depopulated".
A PDF copy of pages 262-263 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'The Flying Cup and Just a Couple of Strangers'. Photos: Jess de Boer
A temporary (5year) construction of giant cardboard tubes to be in use until the new or restored Christ Church Cathedral is back in the Square
The south side of the damaged cathedral, with boarded up windows. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.
A photograph of part of the display structure for the Info Gap temporary outdoor display space. The structure is sitting behind the Gap Filler headquarters in Sydenham.
Vicki O'Sullivan stands by the sign pointing through a fern garden to the temporary new entrance to the School of Engineering office. Asbestos is currently being removed from areas within the building.
Silt from liquefaction on a driveway and road. A road cone marks out the uneven road and a piece of board creates a temporary ramp from the driveway out onto the road.
Silt from liquefaction on a driveway and road. A road cone marks out the uneven road and a piece of board creates a temporary ramp from the driveway out onto the road.
An urban regeneration initiative which aims to temporarily fill sites left vacant after the September 4, 2010 Canterbury Earthquake and the February 22, 2011 Christchurch Earthquake with creative projects for community benefit.
A photograph of a flat on Poplar Street taken during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes.
The spire of Christ Church Cathedral once stood 20 storeys high but was reduced to less than half that by last year's earthquake. Its temporary replacement's construction began yesterday with the first sod turned.
The damaged cathedral is supported with steel bracing and cordoned off with fencing and barriers. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.
A Gap Filler project, Wayne Youle's "I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour " (2011), is a shadowboard mural on an empty wall in Sydenham which depicts things lost during the earthquake.
A Gap Filler project, Wayne Youle's "I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour " (2011), is a shadowboard mural on an empty wall in Sydenham which depicts things lost during the earthquake.
A Gap Filler project, Wayne Youle's "I seem to have temporarily misplaced my sense of humour " (2011), is a shadowboard mural on an empty wall in Sydenham which depicts things lost during the earthquake.
The damaged cathedral is supported with steel bracing and cordoned off with fencing and barriers. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.
The damaged cathedral is supported with steel bracing and cordoned off with fencing and barriers. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.
The damaged cathedral is supported with steel bracing and cordoned off with fencing and barriers. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.
The damaged cathedral is supported with steel bracing and cordoned off with fencing and barriers. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.
The damaged cathedral is supported with steel bracing and cordoned off with fencing and barriers. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.
A PDF copy of pages 148-149 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Boxed Quarter'. Drawings with permission: F3 Design
A PDF copy of pages 278-279 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Porthole'. Photos: Tessa Peach
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Richard Loffhagen, owner of Simply Catering, outside his temporary caravan shop that stands on the old site on the corner of Madras Street and Salisbury Street".
A photograph of two shipping containers on Colombo Street. One is being used as a temporary dairy, and the other as a display space for a frame and mirror shop.