A photograph of a crowd gathered on the corner of St Asaph Street and Madras Street for a public talk about ArtBox gallery by Andrew Just and Martin Trusttum. The public talk was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of a Master of Architecture student from the University of Auckland giving a presentation at a Future Christchurch lecture series. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of the temporary AMI Stadium, taken during an architectural tour led by an architect from Populous. Populous were the designers of the stadium. The tour was conducted as part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of a public talk about temporary street furniture. The furniture was designed and fabricated by F3 Design for the Christchurch City Council. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of CPIT students and members of the public constructing an outdoor pizza oven for Gap Filler out of clay and bricks. The public workshop was part of FESTA 2012.
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 14 April 2012, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which her subconscious is adaptable".The entry was downloaded on 16 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 14 April 2012, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which her subconscious is adaptable".The entry was downloaded on 13 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 8 April 2012, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which she decorates a road cone for Easter".The entry was downloaded on 16 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 8 April 2012, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which she decorates a road cone for Easter".The entry was downloaded on 13 April 2015.
Disasters are a critical topic for practitioners of landscape architecture. A fundamental role of the profession is disaster prevention or mitigation through practitioners having a thorough understanding of known threats. Once we reach the ‘other side’ of a disaster – the aftermath – landscape architecture plays a central response in dealing with its consequences, rebuilding of settlements and infrastructure and gaining an enhanced understanding of the causes of any failures. Landscape architecture must respond not only to the physical dimensions of disaster landscapes but also to the social, psychological and spiritual aspects. Landscape’s experiential potency is heightened in disasters in ways that may challenge and extend the spectrum of emotions. Identity is rooted in landscape, and massive transformation through the impact of a disaster can lead to ongoing psychological devastation. Memory and landscape are tightly intertwined as part of individual and collective identities, as connections to place and time. The ruptures caused by disasters present a challenge to remembering the lives lost and the prior condition of the landscape, the intimate attachments to places now gone and even the event itself.