LVS acts as site brokers for a creative Christchurch, finding short and medium-term uses for the many vacant sites and buildings of Christchurch.
A PDF copy of pages 64-65 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Life in Vacant Spaces HQ'. Photos: Tim Bishop and LiVS
Graphs comparing vacant industrial land across Christchurch.
Vacant site left after the demolition of a building.
Vacant lot left after the demolition of the Latimer Hotel.
Vacant lot left after the demolition of the Latimer Hotel.
The vacant site left by the demolition of the Strategy Building.
A vacant and overgrown site left after the demolition of a property.
Growing in a red zone vacant section in Wetlands Grove, Pacific Park.
A vacant demolition site where buildings once stood is surrounded by security fencing.
A vacant lot left by the demolition of a building on Latimer Square.
A vacant demolition site where buildings once stood. Weeds are growing on the site.
Flowers blooming in a vacant site left by the demolition of a building in Edgeware.
A photograph of an vacant site on Madras Street where the YWCA used to stand.
Looking down Kilmore Street. The vacant lot at the back was previously the Repertory Theatre.
Flowers blooming in a vacant site left by the demolition of a building in Edgeware.
Flowers blooming in a vacant site left by the demolition of a building in Edgeware.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square.
A vacant lot left by the demolition of a building has been used for parking.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square.
A vacant demolition site looking towards Tuam and High Streets. Weeds are growing on the site.
A photograph of a vacant section on Madras Street where the Nurse Maude Building used to stand.
A photograph of a vacant section on Madras Street where the Nurse Maude Building used to stand.
A video of an interview with Julia Morison, a Christchurch-based artist, about her sculptures in a vacant site on the Christchurch central city. The artwork, titled 'Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers', took over a year to make and will act as a centrepiece for the Scape Public Art festival, which begins on 27 September 2013. The sculpture was designed to provide a playground for children and a shady spot for workers on their lunch breaks. Morison also talks about how the sculpture was designed to be relocated and reconfigured so that it can be moved to a new location when construction begins on the vacant site.
View down Colombo Street, to the left is a vacant lot left by the demolition of a building.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of a block of shops at 461-469 Colombo Street, Sydenham.
Looking to the Alice in Videoland building from a vacant site left by the demolition of a building.
Looking towards the corner of Armagh and Montreal Street at the vacant space where the Cranmer Centre once was.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of the Churchills Club Tavern on the corner of Colombo and Battersea Streets.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of the Churchills Club Tavern on the corner of Colombo and Battersea Streets.