It is well established that urban green areas provide a wide range of social, aesthetic, environmental and economic benefits. The importance of urban green spaces has been known for decades; however the relationship between urban livability and green areas, as incorporated in overall urban green structure, has become the focus of international studies during the last 10 to 15 years. The spatial structure of green space systems has important consequences for urban form; configuring urban resources, controlling urban size, improving ecological quality of urban areas and preventing or mitigating natural disasters. However, in the field of architecture or urban design, very little work has been done to investigate the potential for built form to define and differentiate the edge to a green corridor ... This thesis therefore poses the hypothesis that architecture and urban design critically mediate between city and green corridor, through intensification and definition of the built edge, as a means of contributing to an ecological city form.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken in Victoria Square on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken in Cathedral Square on 24 June 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken in Cathedral Square on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken in Cathedral Square on 24 June 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in HTML5 format. The photograph was taken in Victoria Square on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in HTML5 format. The photograph was taken in Cathedral Square on 24 June 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in HTML5 format. The photograph was taken in Cathedral Square on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in HTML5 format. The photograph was taken in Cathedral Square on 24 June 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken in Latimer Square, near Gloucester Street on 3 January 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in HTML5 format. The photograph was taken in Latimer Square, near Gloucester Street on 3 January 2013.
Heritage buildings are an important element of our urban environments, representing the hope and aspirations of a generation gone, reminding us of our achievements and our identity. When heritage buildings suffer damage, or fall into disrepair they are either met by one of two extremes; a bulldozer or painstaking repair. If the decision to conserve defeats the bulldozer, current heritage practice favours restoration into a mausoleum-type monument to yesteryear. But what if, rather than becoming a museum, these heritage buildings could live on and become a palimpsest of history? What if the damage was embraced and embodied in the repair? The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street, Christchurch is the case study building for this thesis. Suffering damage in the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, the Cathedral sits in ruin waiting for decisions to be made around how it can be retained for future generations. This thesis will propose a reconstruction for the Cathedral through the analysis of precedent examples of reconstructing damaged heritage buildings and guided by a heritage framework proposed in this thesis. The employed process will be documented as an alternative method for reconstructing other damaged heritage buildings.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken on Cambridge Terrace, between Colombo Street and Manchester Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Manchester Street and Cashel Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Cashel Street and High Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Colombo Street and Kilmore Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken on Kilmore Street, between Durham Street and Colombo Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Cashel Street and High Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Colombo Street and Armagh Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Manchester Street and Worcester Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in HTML5 format. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Cashel Street and High Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken at the southern intersection of Cathedral Square and Colombo Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in HTML5 format. The photograph was taken on Kilmore Street, between Durham Street and Colombo Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken at the eastern intersection of Cathedral Square and Worcester Street on 24 June 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken at the southern intersection of Cathedral Square and Colombo Street on 24 June 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in HTML5 format. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Colombo Street and Kilmore Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in HTML5 format. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in HTML5 format. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Cashel Street and High Street on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in HTML5 format. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Manchester Street and Cashel Street on 7 February 2013.
