Thinking about the Re-Build
Di Lucas, Landscape Architect 23 May 2012
Layers of Christchurch
Source: Lucas Associates
Source: The Natural History of Canterbury, p. 43 & 46
Dry Plains
Wet Plains
Coastal
Port Hills
Source: Lucas Associates, 1995
Christchurch Ecosystems
Source: Lucas Associates, 1995
Ecosystems of Christchurch
Source: Lucas Associates 1995
Lucas Associates
Source: Lucas Associates
1850 Landcover of Christchurch Our coloured version of 1850 Black Map (signed off in 1856)
Source: Lucas Associates 2011
Avon riverbank dune 1852 Dune 1852
Dune 1852
Shorelines in the last 9,000 years
Source: The Estuary Where Our Rivers Meet the Sea Christchurch’s Avon-Heathcote Estuary & Brooklands Lagoon, p. 4
Hagley Park
natural island – Riccarton Bush
Source: The Natural History of Canterbur
To ta ra st u m p s 1 m m e t re b e l o w g ro u n d , Convention Centre site, 1997
Source: Lucas Associates
Greatest Health for the Greatest Number
1850 A park greenbelt was to: •Improve the environment for the working class •Separate urban and rural •Control city expansion •Guard against & protect the natives •Transplant the British landscape
‘So that’s how you treat waterways in the city. Interesting!’ - Dick Lucas (1993)
Manchester Street
Central City Waterways as at 1850 & 2000
Source: Christchurch City Council 1999
Halswell River levees ripped after the February earthquake
Source: Lucas Associates
Poplar Crescent on the Avon from Manchester to Madras Streets
Summary
Living
Avon River
Avon River
Outstanding Landscapes
Public Open Space
The Shape of Christchurch Source: Lucas Associates 1995
STUFF THE GRID! The draughty eastwest channels, that is, plant them up. Bisect & intersect the grid to create f r i e n d l y, g r e e n l a n e spaces.
Source: Lucas Associates
Source: Lucas Associates
Commendable works
Source: Christchurch City Council 1999
Day-lighted stream corner of Barbados & Salisbury Streets
Day-lighted waterway through central Seoul
AFTER
BEFORE
Source: maximizingprogress.org
Waitangi Park, Wellington
Source: A Deeper Shade of Green, p184
Source: Waitangi Park, Wraight Associates
Marokapara, Lucas Associates
Re-instate lushness
Naturally soft, lush forested ground expressed
M a r o k a p a r a , 3 4 9 M a n c h e s t e r S t . Lucas Associates
DRAFT LIDAR, use with care overlain with Flood Management Areas
March 2011
Levee rip - Before After
Manchester St : Swale & Heritage Park
‘Marokapara’ Green Roof (built 1998) example of a ‘green roof’ in the city increasing local biodiversity while reducing water runoff to storm-water system
balcony wall greened with native climber
Source: Lucas Associates
Rain Gardens
Source: Lucas Associates
Day-lighted stream corner of Barbados & Salisbury Streets
Wells in Christchurch
‘Chalice’ by Neil Dawson
Clock Tower, Christchurch re ‘remembering nature & culture through art’
Echo, Neil Dawson (1981)
Setting
Houhere Harakeke & ti Weaving & plating, ropes, baskets, food & fibre
Site Location
Tangata Whenua Historic Cultural Elements
Totara Forest Timber, bark, berries, fruit, medicine & birds
Setting
Identity
Design Proposal
Key Elements • Courtyard in centre of block • Permeable space • 3D space, bridges for surveillance, elevation • Source point stormwater treatment • Wide footpath, asymmetrical street plan • Gondwanan Ecology
T朝rewa
T朝rewa
Transformer
3D Views
Tjibaou Cultural Centre, New Caledonia
Venice images pre & post
Venice snapshots again
New York pre & post
UC Seismic testing – no damage
For New Zealand:
• Solid timber • Commercial buildings • Rapid-to-build • Fire performance • Light weight • Structural /seismic performance • Subjected to multiple earthquake records… 69
For Christchurch
There are options‌
Glulam or CLT
LVL
Rounds 70
Why use MS timber buildings?
• • • • • • •
A national commodity Low energy (sustainable) Easy-to-build Rapid-to-build Fire performance Structural/seismic performance Reduced mass: » Reduced seismic demand » Reduced foundation demands 72
Strong foundation • Light building • Adjustment • Strong foundation
Strong foundation • Light building • Adjustment • Strong foundation
CLT - Austria
Above ground foundations Image sources: UTS Students & Dunning Thornton Consultants Ltd
Briscoes foundations Salisbury St.
Te Kauwhata Library Waikato
Ohakune Visitor Centre
Forestry Hall, Tomochi in southern Japan Community centre & sports hall Completed 2004 Architect: Taira Nishazawa
Waitomo Caves
Waitomo Caves
Convention Centre Location
Victoria University
SOLAR
SOLAR
Small prototype solar towers were used to measure how 3-D shapes can improve solar output. (Credit: Allegra Boverman/MIT)
This artist's drawing shows how a 3-D solar tower could be used in city centers to charge electric bicycles. (Credit: MIT)
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