GREEN FRAME by Studio Christchurch

STUDIO CHRISTCHURCH

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Schools: School of Architectural Studies at CPIT: Dennis Winter, Laura Kellaway School of Architecture at Victoria University Wellington: Professor Jules Moloney, Professor Kerstin Thompson, Mark Southcombe, Simon Twose Architecture Department at Unitec: Associate Professor Dushko Bogunovich, Jeanette Budgett School of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland: Camia Young, Dr Manfredo Manfredini Studio Christchurch Organisers: Adjunct Professor David Sheppard Associate Professor Uwe Rieger Camia Young Studio Christchurch Assistant: Erica Austin Critics: Alex Il Seo, Belfiore Bologna, Christopher Kelly, Chris van Empel, Daryl Maguire, Hamish Shaw, Hugh Nicholson, Jessica Jade, Max Capocaccia, Megan Lutton, Ross Gray Lecturers: Barnaby Bennett, Coralie Winn, Danny Squires, Daryl Maguire, David Sheppard, Denis Pino, Di Luca, Dushko Bogunovich, Erica Austin, Dr. George Parker, Hugh Nicholson, Jacky Bowring, Jasper van der Lingen, Jason Mill Jeanette Budgett, Jessica Halliday, Jules Moloney, Kerstin Thompson, Mark Billinghurst, Mark Southcombe, Matthew Galloway, Perry T Royal, Dr. Ryan Reynolds, Shaun Hardcastle, Simon Twose, Thomas van Raamsdonk, Wil McLellan Special thank you to: CPIT and Margaret Pierson for providing us with studio space for the Summer School, Christchurch City Council for hosting our final reviews, and our sponsors: and

STUDIOS INTRODUCTION: THE GREEN FRAME

ACTIVATION OF THE GREEN FRAME

CATCH AND RELEASE WAI MAURI ALTERNATIVES CORRIDORS

CONVENTION CENTRE

UNCONVENTIONAL CANYON RADIAL SCAPE

CREATIVE CORNERS

THE CREATIVE CORNER CREATIVE HEARTS THE VERTICAL FARM

MEMORY OF THE OLD CITY

TUAM STREET MASTERPLAN MILLERS BUILDING TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE LANEWAYS NETWORK MIXED-USE ARCADE BUILDING PROPOSAL LICHFIELD SHIRTS COMPANY LE PETIT CROIX ODEON POOL COMPLEX ODEON CIRCUS SCHOOL PEOPLE’S CHOICE BUILDING HUTCHINSON FORD MOTORS BUILDING

PUBLIC SPACES WATERSCAPES

CIVIC MARAE CONSERVATION PARK ECO HUB THE SYNECDOCHIC FOREST ASSEMBLAGE

STUDIO CHRISTCHURCH SUMMER SCHOOL 2013

Studio Christchurch Summer School was a collaborative Christchurch based design unit organized by the four New Zealand architecture schools: the School of Architectural Studies at CPIT, the School of Architecture at Victoria University Wellington, the Architecture Department at Unitec, and the School of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland. The summer school was hosted in Christchurch at CPIT and ran from January 7th to February 1st. The 2013 Studio Christchurch Summer School focused on the investigation and programming of the unique Christchurch Green Frame and Avon Precinct as outlined in the CCDU Plan. With fifty-five students involved, five design courses covered a broad range of approaches and tested ideas through a series of design proposals. On the basis of emerging issues facing urban development in the 21st Century, the studios combined underlying philosophical theories with current and practical issues related to the Christchurch recovery. Studio Christchurch is a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration between New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tertiary institutions and the profession. The aim is to focus on praxis oriented outcomes with the intention to produce meaningful investigations and design propositions to contribute to the development of the city.

THE GREEN FRAME

AN INTRODUCTION

Erica Austin, Justin Baatjes, Raewyn Beavis, Dushko Bogunovich, Kelsi Borren, Rex Braganza, Jeanette Budgett, Declan Burn, Linbing (Fatina) Chen, Qianzi Chen, Wei An (Vivian) Chen, Guangxiao (Daisy) Cheng, Kim Clarke, Allan Clayton, Charles Collins, David Cook, Gemma Cookson, Tessa Forde, Gui Goh, Catherine Hall, Elfie Hamilton, Alisa Huang, Vi Huynh, Darryl Jacobson, Laura Kellaway, Christopher Kelly, Erica Kenny, Whoi Seung (Sophia) Kim, Reagan Laidlaw, Desmond Lam, Hyun Kyung (Helen) Lee, Connie Ling, Ziyi (Bill) Liu, Jianxiang (Mickey) Ma, Manfredo Manfredini, Janina (Nina) Massee, Harriet Mildon-King, Aaron Miller, Jules Moloney, Catherine Mooney, John Myburg, Amanda Nakarmi, Guy Newton, Hamish Parker, Sean Patterson, Aphiwat (Don) Pengpala, Amanda Pride, Zoe Redwood, Uwe Rieger, Eve Roberts, Matthew Ryu, James Schollum, Akshay Shah, David Sheppard, Tessa (Yichen) Song, Mark Southcombe, Charlotte Stephens, Kerstin Thompson, Simon Twose, Ashley West, Ri Williamson, Dennis Winter, Dawid Wojasz, Huicheng (Emily) Wu, Jeremy Wymer, Villa Yan, Camia Young, Chunqin Zhang, Helen Zou

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The Green Frame, as proposed in the recently released CCDU Blueprint, has the unique potential of suturing together architecture, landscape architecture and urbanism. The Green Frame is the city’s largest ‘transitional project.’ The government is purchasing private property in these areas with the economic intention of stabilising land values by mitigating the supply of vacant lots on the real estate market. For the next 10-15 years this land is meant to create a green belt around a newly defined inner CBD. It is a bold and ambitious urban intervention and one that offers unique design challenges.

The Green Frame and Avon Precinct will create a 5 km loop around the new inner core and act as an extension of Hagley Park. The total combined area is 0.67 km2. Christchurch Blueprint Released July 2012 Courtesy of the CCDU

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Studio Christchurch Summer School 2013 used the Green Frame as the basis for five studio projects with the aim of producing vibrant, innovative and plausible proposals that not only complimented but also challenged the nature of the frame. The studios investigated: activating the green frame as a platform for events; proposals for the new Convention Centre and its relationship to the context; the Innovation Precinct and how it could act as the cornerstone for innovative green technologies; the future of significant heritage buildings; and the integration of public urban spaces along the Avon River Precinct.

Original image courtesy of the CCDU Edited by Tessa Forde

ACTIVATION

Studio: Camia Young Amanda Nakami, Chunqin Zhang, Darryl Jacobson, Gemma Cookson, Janina (Nina) Massee, Jianxiang (Mickey) Ma, Matthew Ryu, Qianzi Chen, Tessa (Yichen) Song, Ziyi (Bill) Liu

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In order to retain or increase the land Green Frame and Avon Precinct with Such programs should draw people to th and be seamlessly integrated into the that parts of the Green Frame will be question of phasing and temporality. T area for experimentation and testing o their way into a permanent urban fabri surrounding context to influence the pr distinct characteristics in relationship t & Release’ relates to the nearby cultu equivalent; ‘Wai Mauri’ creates desirable ‘Alternatives’ becomes an efficient ener ‘Corridors’ creates laneways through th

dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s value it is necessary to activate the appropriate and attractive programs. he area, be self-sufficient economically e park-like landscape. Due to the fact re-developed in the future, it is also a This creates an opportunity to use the of ideas that otherwise would not find ic. Each of the proposals draws on the roposed program in a way that creates to the immediate surroundings. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Catch ural institutions by creating an outdoor e housing by introducing a canal system; rgy showcase for mixed programs; and he existing manufacturing.

Catch and Release activates the Avon Precinct by offering inviting spaces to both see and be a part of creative events. The audience is blurred as the public and artists come together to be the art and see the art. The looping pathway is lined with lighting which responds to movement, like a ripple effect and intensifies as people move towards the different event platforms.

CATCH AND RELEASE Amanda Nakarmi [UoA] Darryl Jacobson [CPIT]

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In order to activate the Avon Precinct we proposed developing outdoor equivalents of the surrounding cultural institutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creative spaces.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wai Mauriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; aims to create desirable housing in the CBD by integrating residential, canals, ecological water treatment, gardens and public pathways into the East Frame. The vast and open site is currently disproportionately large for residential use. By creating waterways, the area is divided into smaller parcels which is more appropriate for residential lots. It also creates a unique alternative for inner city living.

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‘Alternatives’ is a showcase for the creation and consumption of energy. The building forms are a product of integrating sustainable technology and relate to the site’s sun, shadow and wind patterns. A series of energy generators occupy the open space between the stadium and transportation hub creating a dynamic events space.

ALTERNATIVES

Renewable energy solutions

Algae Photo-bioreactor Algae Photo-Bioreactor

Converting CO2 and waste water into energy

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‘Corridors’ is an urban zipper, threading the green spaces of the Avon through the use of laneways to Saint Asaph Street. These new connections are created in the open spaces between Y existing buildings. Each Proposed buildingresponds heights corridor to the surrounding buildings’ programs, giving each one an unique identity. The aim is to create experimental platforms to test architecture at an urban scale.

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CONVENTION CENTRE

Victoria University of Wellington Studio: Jules Moloney, Kerstin Thompson, Mark Southcombe, Simon Twose Aaron Miller, Allan Clayton, Amanda Pride, Catherine Hall, Caterine Mooney, Charles Collins, Charlotte Stephens, Connie, Ling, Dawid Wojasz, Declan Burn, Guangxiao (Daisy) Cheng, Guy Newton, Hamish Parker, Helen Zou, James Schollum, Kelsi Borren, Vi Huynh, Zoe Redwood

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The Convention Centre is a major part o important connections to Cathedral Squ Centre is seen as a significant buildin connections to public space, shops, ca project loaded with interesting complex This project explores the architectural iss It looks at how a major building, such with its urban context; other programs reflects Christchurchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban identity; h and, importantly, how it can be an inspir CERA has called for expressions of intere building, so it is timely that we engage w

of the proposed fabric of the city and has uare and the Avon River. The Convention ng that creates a hub of activity, with afes and a proposed hotel. It is a civic xities, not to mention high expectations. sues of a post-earthquake Christchurch. h as a Convention Centre, can engage s such as events and activities; how it how it â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;anchorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; a post-quake condition ring and beautiful piece of architecture. est from architects wishing to design the with the thinking around this key project.

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Amanda Pride [VUW], Catherine Hall [VUW], Catherine Mooney [VUW], Vi Huynh [VUW] - Unconventional

Connie Ling [VUW], Dawid Wojasz [VUW], Helen Zou [VUW], James Schollum [VUW], Zoe Redwood [VUW] - Canyon

Allan Clayton [VUW], Guy Newton [VUW], Hamish Parker [VUW], Kelsi Borren [VUW] - Radial

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The Unconventional Centre turns the traditional model of a convention centre inside out by breaking down the functions into smaller grain spaces and externalising their connections. Drawing on the notion of a marketplace, the interstitial space created between the stalls provides important arteries to bring people together, fosters interaction and reinforces the public spaces. More importantly, it strengthens the bond created between the local and international programmes by wrapping the former around the latter. The new model opens up opportunities for people to come together in a variety of adaptable spaces.

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The Canyon acts as a link between the Avon River and Cathedral Square. This is established both visually and physically, through the creation of view shafts and through the merging of the natural landscape of the river with that of the Square. This connection is strengthened through the use of fluid forms as a device to guide people between the main functional elements of the convention centre.

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Radial is based on the creation of a self -sufficient urban node and aims to draw people into the site as well as disperse them throughout the city. To achieve this all internal spaces are visually connected to the surrounding streets, the Avon River and the central arcade. The design encapsulates a mixture of uses including offices, retail, a restaurant, bars, a mini supermarket, apartments, a gymnasium and hotel spaces. Many spaces are crossprogrammed to achieve maximum use 24 hours a day. The combination of the auditorium and movie theatre spaces is an example of this.

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Scapeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monumental form acts as transition between urban elements and defines an interstitial zone between Cathedral Square, the Avon River and Victoria Square. The distortion of the city grid by the organic form of the Avon River is conveyed through the building plan, form, and circulation. While the buildings on the eastern edge of the site emulate the blocks prescribed by the historic network, the western edge responds to the curve of the Avon River. A central plaza acts as a transition space between these two manifestations. Whether through circulation cavities, arcades, the floating facade or other openings, a transparency is sought to connect and enliven the heart of the scheme with its surroundings.

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CREATIVE CORNERS

Studio: Dushko Bogunovich, Jeanette Budgett Akshay Shah, Aphiwat (Don) Pengpala, Ashley West, Desmond Lam, Huicheng (Emily) Wu, Kim Clarke, Linbing (Fatina) Chen, Reagan Laidlaw, Sean Patterson, Villa Yan

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The juxtaposition of the new and the and the natural cycles; and the integr playing result in a new home for thos a focus on green economy, sustain

opportunity to lead the world in green Frame and urban open space must viding food, energy and water for the what the future Eco-innovation Precinct ate in the realm of green technology.

e old; the symbiosis of the buildings ration of living, learning, working and se Christchurch businesses who share nable design and clean technology.

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Akshay Shah [Unitec], Desmond Lam [Unitec], Sean Patterson [CPIT], Villa Yan [Unitec] - The Creative Corner. Ashley West [CPIT], Huicheng (Emily) Wu [UoA], LinBing (Fatina) Chen [UoA] - Creative Hearts Aphiwat (Don) Pengpala [Unitec], Kim Clarke [Unitec], Reagan Laidlaw [Unitec] - The Vertial Farm

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The HUB is a dynamic centre of eco-innovation and sustainable technologies. People are invited to play, examine, experience and learn from its interactive surfaces, structure and fabric. The building IS the exhibit and an icon. It takes up the sustainability challenge and translates it into something beautiful.

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The design uses kinetic energy in playful ways. Cyclists can spin for energy. Children can swing for the grid! Public activity is the exhibit in a building that provides dedicated space for the green-tech business community and embodies clean-powered transport. A ramp for cyclists through the site connects the green â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;armsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of the frame that embrace the city.

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The mixed use building offers the convenience of multiple activities to operate in one area, creating a beneficial network of economic and social relationships.

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The Creative Heart bring the historic urban fabrics into the 21st century. Many of the original structures in this part of Christchurch were lost in the earthquake, but the rules of what made them such loved places were not. The proposal is developed with buildings of similar scale, grain, proportion and material to create intimate character courtyards. The courtyard is the space of creative exchange between the innovators of the new city. Unique courtyards act as the six â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;creative heartsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of the Eco-innovation Precinct.

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The design retains Christchurchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic roots and strong identity. It remembers the lanes, the courtyards, the rich textures and the people of the old city. The project re-uses the bricks and materials of the past to make resonant creative spaces for the 21st century.

A courtyard with greenery and space to grow vegetables and herbs. The building materials originate from structures that came down in the earthquake.

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This eco-innovation project proposes farming in the urban environment. Drawing on the agricultural traditions and formal patterns of the Canterbury Plains, the vertical farm makes a strong statement as it connects the city in multiple ways; both physically and metaphorically. It links the stadium to the bus exchange while mediating the large scale of the Green Frame with the fine-grained historic precinct of High Street.

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Plantations of crops organise the scheme, integrating the buildings of the ecoinnovation precinct with a productive concept for the Green Frame. These large open areas are put to work while reinforcing Canterburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong regional identity and raising public awareness of the benefits of green urbanism. This paradigm promises a resilient and sustainable future for Christchurch.

The interior space has sophisticated environmental controls for light, humidity and temperature. This makes possible the facilitation of a range of crops and their associated growing seasons.

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MEMORY OF THE OLD CITY

Studio: Dennis Winter, Laura Kellaway Alisa Huang, David Cook, Erica Kenny, Gui Goh, Hyun Kyung (Helen) Lee, John Myburg, Rex Braganza, Tessa Forde, Whoi Seiung (Sophia) Kim

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Our studio developed a proposal for th between Manchester and Colombo, remaining heritage listings. As a previ to revitalise the space, build upon mem and explore how existing buildings ca Christchurch. Developing a master plan program, transport, accessibility and co framework which could be applied to sim predominantly with people, using mixedround to create a fun and workable spa network and building upon it creates p site rather than around it. Links between frame and the density of the central cit the transport interchange - has the pote through the site.

he revival of a section of Tuam Street containing around 10% of the city’s iously vibrant area of the city, we aim mories created here throughout history an play a part in the ‘new history’ of n dealing with the key areas of heritage, onnection to the green frame, creates a milar sites around the city. Our work deals -use planning to activate the space yearace. Reactivating the heritage laneway pedestrian connections throughout the n the ‘campus atmosphere’ of the green ty are important as the anchor project ential to bring large numbers of people

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John Myburg [Unitec] - Millers Building Transport Interchange Proposal Rex Braganza [UoA] - Sol Square Revitalisation and Historic Laneway Network Proposal Hyun Kyung (Helen) Lee [UoA] - Mixed-use Arcade Building Proposal Alisa Huang [Unitec]- Lichfield Shirt Company Building Mixed-use Proposal Gui Goh [CPIT] - La Petite Croix Building Proposal Erica Kenny [UoA] - The Odeon Pool Complex Proposal Tessa Forde [UoA] - The Odeon Circus School and Theatre Proposal David Cook [Unitec] - Council Parking Building ‘People’s Choice’ Proposal Whoi Seiung (Sophia) Kim [UoA] - Hutchinson Ford Motors Proposal

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MILLERS BUILDING TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE - John Myburg This proposal addresses how the 1939 category 2 Heritage listed Miller’s building can play a role in the future of Christchurch. By integrating the proposed transport interchange anchor project into an existing building, more of the city’s heritage is retained and an opportunity is created for an innovative re-use project. Mixed-use planning will bring a variety of demographics through the site and allow for activation throughout the day. The interchange also taps into the connections proposed above ground through the laneway network.

1. Referencing the building’s history as the site of the South Island’s first escalator; passengers will exit buses and travel up escalators to the first floor exits and retail/dining space.

The seven metre spacing of structural columns allows for buses to pass through the ground floor of the building.

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An atrium cut into the structure will bring natural light into the centre of the building and provide a connection between the six floor levels.

Gym Office Accommodation Retail Transport

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LANEWAYS NETWORK

- Rex Braganza The laneways proposal aims to reactivate the spaces inbetween and behind buildings that would otherwise be underused in a dense urban environment. This fits with the aims of the master plan to create greater accessibility throughout the site. The laneway network builds connections between areas within the site, creates cohesion between social layers of commercial, residential, transportation and recreation.

1. The ground level laneways translate into vertical access ways between street level and upper levels, allowing pedestrians to move through the central city space in a totally new way.

The network develops connections between key spaces within the site providing links to public/private rooftop spaces and into hidden public spaces such as Sol Square.

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The laneway network forms a hybrid design element, a journey with the intention of opening up heritage vistas and bringing life back into the central city.

Large shallow terraces lead pedestrians up to the Northern first floor entrance of the bus exchange through the retail area and down escalators to the bus platforms.

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MIXED-USE ARCADE BUILDING PROPOSAL - Helen Lee

The aim of this proposal is to create an arcade space that connects the ‘old’ historic lanes and ‘new’ green frame by opening the central portion of the building up for pedestrian access. Used previously as office space, this building was relatively undefined alongside the much larger Millers and Lichfield Shirt Company buildings. A programme of mixed-use facilities (retail/ commercial/ residential/dining) combined with its function as a key thoroughfare linking the green frame with the CBD will elevate the presence of the building and give it a new identity within the future of the city.

1. The re-purposing of this building will reactivate and redefine its identity.

Access from the bus exchange (rear), through the atrium, to the green frame and proposed laneways network fits in the the aims of the master plan to create greater connections throughout the site.

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LICHFIELD SHIRT COMPANY BUILDING RE-USE

- Alisa Huang

The proposal is for the repair and reuse of the Lichfield Shirt factory building, once bustling in its heyday yet derelict prior to the earthquakes. With the site in such close proximity to the transportation interchange, central city and CPIT, a vibrant mixed-use program aimed at young people is introduced. The multi-level roof garden is accessible through a linkage of stairways crossing over from the old council building situated directly beside. This access also ties into the laneways proposal activating spaces above ground level.

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An array of retail shops, cafĂŠs and restaurants greet pedestrians at the entrance on the ground floor and connects to a laneway leading into Sol Square. On the third floor are private artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studios and above them, on the top floor, are residential apartments leading out to roof gardens.

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LA PETITE CROIX BUILDING PROPOSAL - Gui Goh

As one of a handful of surviving buildings that make up the Sol Square development, this building housed French restaurant La Petite Croix on the ground floor. The proposal for this building involves reinstating the historic laneways that connect the streets to this hidden location, and reinstating the vibrancy and success of Sol Square.

In order to activate this area during the day and night a mixed-use development is proposed, including dining and entertainment facilities on the lower levels and residential on the upper levels.

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Vibrancy Atmosphere Activation

The buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unusual fourty-five degree angled corner faĂ§ade, allows views around the building and through into Sol Square, giving pedestrians glimpses of the action happening just around the corner as they approach the site.

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ODEON POOL COMPLEX PROPOSAL - Erica Kenny

The 1883 Odeon Theatre has been part of the city’s cultural fabric through its many and varied occupancies. Heavily earthquake-damaged and partially demolished, around one third of the building remains today. By reinstating the brick shell of the structure to its original dimensions, the building retains its impressive, iconic size. The structure’s enormous open volumes contrast the human scale of a swimming pool complex sunken into the ground. The theme of performance (entrance–transformation -emergence) filters through the pool complex as a link to its theatrical history.

1. The Tuam Street heritage facade and foyer could house an exhibition of the building’s theatrical history and provide access to the pool complex at multiple levels.

A viewing platform in the roof space of the fly tower (25 meters high) reinstates the Odeon as a key navigational marker in a new lower-rise city and makes visual connections to other rooftop spaces throughout the city.

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Elements of the Green Frame protrude into the structure and vice versa, creating a public amenity that contributes to the overall vision for the area. The use of water on the surface of the site is a visual expression of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subterranean water systems.

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ODEON CIRCUS SCHOOL PROPOSAL - Tessa Forde

With Circo Arts looking for a new venue in Christchurch, a circus school and performance space seemed to be an ideal use for the Odeon Theatre and neighbouring building. Utilising the height and large size, the school occupies the front of the buildings and an adaptable, experimental theatre space is proposed for the back. This would respond to the green frame and the new and unique requirement of activating the back of the building for the first time since its inception.

1. Steel framework would trace the form of the building as it was before the quake. This would contain moveable, packable panels that would allow a totally flexible space that could be closed in the winter and open to the green frame during the summer. This would provide the framework for a variety of events.

2. The Panels would be translucent to transform the building into an iconic beacon visible from many places around the city. These would meet a mesh type facade at the back. The solidity of the back facade would create a link between the historic front and the rear.

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PEOPLE’S CHOICE BUILDING PROPOSAL - David Cook

Within the master plan for the site, the ‘people’s choice’ building (housed in the old city council parking administration warehouse) is seen as one of the first spaces to be activated. As an open warehouse space, the structure is highly adaptable and the idea is to make part of the space open to public suggestion and available all year round for public use. Options include an indoor skate park, a drive-in movie theatre and a marketplace. This proposal details one possibility; a mixed-use complex with apartments and dining/entertainment facilities.

By opening up the building from North to South, access is provided from Tuam Street into the Green Frame.

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The framed courtyard provides an intimate, protected space with a vibrant inner-city atmosphere and strong connection to the Green Frame.

An east-west section removed from the structure provides an open air courtyard space with apartments on a mezzanine floor that look down into the space.

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HUTCHINSON FORD MOTORS BUILDING - Sophia Kim

This proposal aims to revitalise the Hutchinson Ford motors building and retain its current tenants. With respect to the legacy of the Ford Company, the 85 year old heritage class two warehouses are converted from motor servicing spaces to motor exhibition/retail spaces, expressing the strong automotive history of the site in a contemporary and engaging way. The existing car yard in the front of the building is converted to a green area with a walkway/ viewing space looking into the exhibition.

The buildings are divided into four different adaptable exhibition quarters each showcasing a different time period from Ford.

Externally, the ground is steadily recessed, creating a green amphitheatre and encouraging people to congregate near the proposed tram and shuttle stops.

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History Integration Legacy

In order to integrate this large structure into the green frame, there is a shift in programme within the building.

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PUBLIC SPACE WATERSCAPES

Studio: Manfredo Manfredini Elfie Hamilton, Eve Roberts, Harriet Mildon-King, Jeremy Wymer, Justin Baatjes, Ri Williamson, Wei An Chen

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Harriet Mildon-King [UoA], Justin Baatjes [UoA], Ri Williamson [UoA] - Civic Marae. Ko Au Te Awa | I am the River Jeremy Wymer [UoA] - Conservation Park Elfie Hamilton [Unitec] - Eco Hub Eve Roberts [UoA], Wei An Chen [UoA] - The Synecdochic Forest Assemblage

The Market Square (Victoria Square) has permanently been an ecotone hinging the Christchurch cultural, economic, social and natural geographic landscapes. This liminal space, asseverated in the post-1850 ‘normalization’ to the colonial urban gridiron as main urban exchange place, can reconquer its role. An active, open and inclusive civic hub, a social ‘resting’ and encounter place that celebrates, provides infrastructure and offers a set of ‘potential’ spaces for the main pillar of the city’s recovery and growth: its human capital.

CIVIC MARAE

KO AU TE AWA | I AM THE RIVER

Harriet Mildon-King [UoA] Justin Baatjes [UoA] Ri Williamson [UoA]

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VICTORIA SQUARE OTAKARO/AVON RIVER PUBLIC PARKS STREET BLOCKS

1. Cutural Center 2. Town Hall 3. Music School 4. Art School 5. Convention Center 6. Library 7. Chambers 8. Atea 9. Wetland/Flooded River

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is our word to you about a house at Christchurch. For we have no resting place there. The evil of this is manifest... This is the only town without a resting place.â&#x20AC;? Ngai Tahu December 12th, 1860

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Over the last 150 years Ngai Tahu have been increasingly contributing to Otautahi/Christchurch. As their letter states they have lost their Turangawaewae - their place to stand and rest within the city. The new Cultural Centre, hosted by Ngai Tahu, acknowledges their open relationship to the ‘other’ and to the ‘given’. The notion of landscape as a teeming living ancestor leads the design of the ‘square land’ civic marae. A Cultural Centre will host Pacific cultures that hail from the mythical land Hawaiiki. Opposite, and in dialogue with it, sits Warren and Mahony’s Town Hall, that will offer

music and visual art educational spaces. The re-opened diagonal pathway between them reconnects the urban habitats, linking Victoria Street to the Otakaro/Avon River and the CBD. The new civic marae takes the form of a cloud-like structure and is to be used as a temporal space for performances and as an observatory (view towers). It is articulated across three layers: below ground (telluric), ground level (mundane) and suspended (potential). The new Cultural Centre crosses the river housing its supernatural yet silent flow.

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The Central Otakaro Conservation Park draws from the ecological history of the Avon River. The design revolves around three cornerstone principles which encompass the work of the Department of Conservation; conservation and preservation, cultivation and production as well as recreation and interaction. This is applied to two city blocks which feature both within the Avon Precinct and The Frame. A method of treating the landscape has been devised from mapping various layers of connectivity across the site.

CONSERVATION PARK Jeremy Wymer

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The system provides a way to deal with the large site, dividing the blocks into an array of varying fields, perpendicular to the riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curvature. It interpret the relationship between the orthogonal urban grid and the meandering path of the river. The fields provide for the implementation of the DoC principles, through multiple programs supported by new pathways, varying vegetation and bridge-pavilions. The design proposition strives to educate people on environmental values and provide facilities for recreation, activity and interaction that are integrated in the wide Avon River Network regeneration program. The reintroduction of endemic plant and animal life as well as exotic and productive tree species is associated to a community-based cultivation and food production programme that also includes a new marketplace located within the main bridge-pavilion.

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The Eco Hub connects the urban environment to the Avon river by activating a new Regent Street connection across the river. The aims of the Eco Hub are to introduce Canterburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horticultural heritage into the city in the form of orchards and gardens. Include areas to teach gardening. Create a market place to sell produce. Teach and display natural history. Create flexible spaces that can be used for seminars etc. Connect with the water through activities such as kayaking and fishing.

ECO HUB Elfie Hamilton

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BUILDING RELATIONSHIP TO RIVER

SECTION FORM FROM TRIBUTARY PLAN

A hybrid Forest Square memorial fosters the cultural and political dimensions of the city, re-founding a key urban space which registers the multiple civic transitions occurred along the Avon River. The Forest Square counteracts the progressive commodification of the central city public spaces, aiming to celebrate the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regeneration with a dynamic collective place. A library of trees, transplanted from redeveloped heritage sites or flooded suburbs, hosts an open market with recreational islands, encouraging a positive collective reelaboration of the recent Christchurch history.

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Expanding the civic spaces in the Retail Precinct provides citizens with democratic, relational, and cultural public realms that privately owned public space cannot. It contributes positively to the regeneration of Christchurch community, encouraging dialogue, interaction

and mutualism. Genuine market culture, as found in Riccarton Bush and in the Racecourse markets fosters links between people, sense of place and character, reversing the current malling trend (Riccarton Mall is the prime NZ centre). It integrates and compensates

the strong CCDU plan zoning adding a nodal â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;mixing useâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; square and CBD extension that both demands and guarantees participation and interaction in the production of the collective space.

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STUDIO CHRISTCHURCH SUMMER SCHOOL 2013

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Christchurch Summer School was a collaborative Christchurch based design unit organized by the four New Zealand architecture schools: the School of Architectural Studies at CPIT, the School of Architecture at Victoria University Wellington, the Architecture Department at Unitec, and the School of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland. The summer school was hosted in Christchurch at CPIT and ran from January 7th to February 1st. The 2013 Studio Christchurch Summer School focused on the investigation and programming of the unique Christchurch Green Frame and Avon Precinct as outlined in the CCDU Plan. With fifty-five students involved, five design courses covered a broad range of approaches and tested ideas through a series of design proposals. On the basis of emerging issues facing urban development in the 21st Century, the studios combined underlying philosophical theories with current and practical issues related to the Christchurch recovery. Studio Christchurch is a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration between New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tertiary institutions and the profession. The aim is to focus on praxis oriented outcomes with the intention to produce meaningful investigations and design propositions to contribute to the development of the city.]

School of Architectural Studies at CPIT School of Architecture at Victoria University Wellington Architecture Department at Unitec School of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland