What will the new christchurch look like

But first, workers must stabilize the remains. Peter Carrell, the Anglican bishop of Christchurch, said reopening it will represent a key milestone. Keith Paterson, the project director, said the aim is for a fundraising team to raise the rest of the money from both local and international donors. Elsewhere in the city, shiny new buildings are popping up, along with innovative playgrounds and parks. There also remains a disparity in neighborhoods.

Parts of the city to the west look much as they did before the quake. But in the east, where the ground was prone to liquefaction, entire suburbs have been razed. Authorities have deemed the land too unstable for rebuilding. Some suburbs now look like giant parks, with a few fruit trees and power lines the only sign that homes were once there. The city is facing an aging population and an idle economy. This demographic is the core of a working population, and key to spending, filling office spaces, and economic growth.

ChristchurchNZ is looking at where to focus its economic development and business growth functions to bolster this and other demographics. We are helping to create strong communities around each Supernode, with a resourced steering group for each one. This group will drive activity to build momentum, including challenges and meetups, hackathons and gatherings.

ChristchurchNZ wants to create cohesive ecosystems around each Supernode that students, graduates, education providers, industry and government can plug into. We are developing our Supernodes web content to attract business and talent to the city, and act as a base of knowledge, More information can be found at www.

We also plan to hold a workshop with the entire education sector at the end of October to work through how our partners in this space can continue to engage in the Supernodes process. No results found, please try another search. SynopsisDescription striphtml truncate 37, ' The approach taken by Cera led to widespread discontent, with both the council and residents feeling sidelined.

Dalziel suggests the central government and council could instead have set up an independent entity to operate together, appointing directors that were accountable to both of them. Cera itself was disbanded in It is widely considered one of the triumphs of the rebuild, frequented by a wide cross-section of the Christchurch population — often indicative of a genuine attention to diversity and inclusion in the design process.

That kind of civic-mindedness seemed absent in the first buildings to spring up after the earthquake, spurred by private investment. Hundreds of heritage buildings were lost — either to the earthquake, or the demolition drive to move on from it. The town hall and Edwardian-era Isaac Theatre Royal have both been restored and reopened; but demolition of the Christchurch Basilica, which first opened its doors in , began only in December.

Construction of its replacement has been delayed by rare seagulls nesting on the Armagh St site. It was singled out again last year.