The Last City of the 20th Century
The Last City of the 20th Century
The rebuild from a devastating earthquake was Christchurch, New Zealand’s chance to reimagine what a city could be. What went wrong? By James Dann Quote:
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That's sad. I hope they get it together.
So much of good city-building is about cramming new buildings into small and difficult sites, and into neighborhoods built over generations. That's how you get variety, efficiency, and a fine-grained sense of place. At minimum it can't be too prescribed...let a mix of uses happen and they'll happen. Some of that is the simple fact that some years are good for flats and others are better for offices or hotels, so over time you get a layer cake. It would be interesting to hear Christchurch's challenges from the standpoint of development economics. Are those vacant lots unfilled mostly because planned precinct-specific buildings haven't happened yet, or mostly because infill is made too difficult? |
I actually quite like the new development, it looks very walkable and fairly dense. It seems they're doing the best they can.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-43.532...7i16384!8i8192 Artificially withholding land is really stupid though, so what if prices go down? That would be good for most people. Quote:
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I've been to CHC twice, once in 2016 and once in 2019. It definitely got a lot better between 2016 and 2019. Progress is slow, but New Zealand is a small country with fewer than 5 million people. (I also haven't been to any other part of NZ other than the Auckland airport, so don't have much to compare it to).
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https://cdnassets.hw.net/dims4/GG/4a...2fa31a695f.jpg From Architect Magazine |
Christchurch, struck by twin earthquakes one year after another, lost all of its beautiful, historic buildings, many torn down due to their danger
Density before: https://i.postimg.cc/BZDWwPJr/s.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/90...82bd7a19ef.jpg After: http://iconicchristchurch.weebly.com...48299_orig.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bc/f6...d3f81651b2.jpg During the last earthquake the entire city 'bounced' https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-conten...1/03/quake.jpg Loss of all the older, denser stock https://static2.stuff.co.nz/1301918484/280/4847280.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a8/37...0a8652d727.jpg Even the damaged RC cathedral will be demolished https://i.pinimg.com/originals/82/84...b49706ff72.jpg https://static2.stuff.co.nz/1299368165/610/4737610.jpg |
Heartbreaking photos and damage. I had no idea it was leveled that badly.
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