respectful, green & funky central city

Respectful, Green & Funky��Central City

Di Lucas, landscape architect Lucas Associates

June 16, 2011

New Zea l and sepa r a ted 85 m i l l i o n y e a r s a g o

Source: A Continent on the Move, p. 80 Source: In Search of Ancient New Zealand, p. 72

G O N D W A N A

Ginkgo fossil

Liriodendron ancestor

C a n t e r b u r y Tr i a s s i c F o s s i l s

eg Malvern Hills, Clent Hills, Clarence Valley

Source: Ian L. Daniel

cycad

fern

Source: The Natural History of Canterbury, p.863

Source: The Natural History of Canterbury, p. 43 & 46

S h o r e l i n e s i n t h e l a s t 9 , 0 0 0 y e a r s

Source: The Estuary Where Our Rivers Meet the Sea Christchurch’s Avon-‐Heathcote Estuary & Brooklands Lagoon, p. 4

Source: Te Whakatau Kaupapa

Little forest

remains

1 8 5 0 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

Greates t Heal" for # Greates t Number

CO LON I A L

3 0 m A v e n u e s

U r b a n - A v e n u e - 4 0 m T o w n B e l t - A v e n u e - R u r a l

COLONIAL

H a g l e y P a r k l i n e d w i t h O a k t r e e s

c o lo n i a l p a rk

n a t u ra l i s l a n d

Source: The Natural History of Canterbury, p. 837

B E A U T I F Y I N G

H o m e & B u i l d i n g i n 1 9 5 0 a s k e d “Is a Pac ific S t y l e em e rg i n g?”

T h e N a t u r e o f P l a c e

Source: Lucas Associates

NH\

KAHIKATEAkerenu, ananaha,

hash odder pdains ecosystem

TOTARAbeillibird, broadkaf,

odder plinks ecosystem

HOUHEREpiwnkawaka 9, kohuhai,

mid-age pdaEns ecosystem

ruKaopuklco,, karamiu,

peadand plains ecosystem

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‘ d e l i g h t i n d i v e r s e d i v a r i c a t o r s ’

Source: Lucas Associates, 1995

Source: Lucas Associates 1995

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Coastal Port Hills Dry Plains Wet Plains

G U I D E S

N AT I V E P LA N T G U I D E S ( 1 9 9 5 )

C H R I S T C H U R C H ’ S WAT E RWAY E N H A N C E M E N T P R O G R A M M E

•  Protect natural areas

• Restore native habitat

• Enhance ecosystems for birds, fish, lizards and insects

• Create green linkages or corridors

• Restore waterways for people’s enjoyment and sense of history

Source: Lucas Associates 1995 Source: Lucas Associates

WATERWAY ENHANCEMENT

R E S TO R AT I ON Source: Lucas Associates

LEVEE

Source: Christchurch City Council 1999


• Recognize that levees erupt in earthquakes and lateral spread occurs

•Recognize that levees erupt in earthquakes and lateral spread occursearthquakes and lateral spread


C o m m e n d a b l e w o r k s

D e m o n s t r a t i o n s a r e a l r e a d y a v a i l a b l e Source: Christchurch City Council 1999

C e n t r a l C i t y W a t e r w a y s a s a t 1 8 5 0 & i n 2 0 0 0

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Source: Christchurch City Council, Contextual History Overview Map 5, 1850

S T U F F T H E G R I D !

T h e d r a u g h t y e a s t -w e s t c h a n n e l s , t h a t i s , p l a n t t h e m u p .

B i s e c t & i n t e r s e c t t h e g r i d t o c r e a t e f r i e n d l y , g r e e n l a n e s p a c e s .

F lo o d M a n a g e m e n t Z o n e i n C i t y P l a n January 30, 2011 Avon River Blue-Greenway Pedestrian Corridor & Cycleway Potential

R u a u m o k o

God of Earthquakes

F E B R U A R Y 2 2 , 2 0 1 1 , 1 2 : 5 2 P M

L i q u e f a c t i o n f r o m F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 1 q u a k e

L i q u e f a c t i o n f r o m S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 0 & F e b r u a r y 2 0 11 q u a k e

Source: Christchurch City Council, Contextual History Overview Map 5, 1850, The Press, April 16, 2011, map based on Misko Cubrinovski & Merrick Taylor’s drive through Christchurch

DRAFT LIDAR , Use with Care

L I D A R o f t h e A v o n R i v e r & C e n t r a l C i t y

Source: TV3 News, NZ Raw

F i t z g e r a l d A v e n u e - A v o n R i v e r

Halswell River levees ripped after the February earthquake

A v o n R i v e r c o r r i d o r

Art work

Art work

Allotments

Cycleway

Promenade

Source: Lucas Associates 2011

B r i s b a n e , A u s t r a l i a

P e d e s t r i a n c o r r i d o r

The High Line, New York City

Sculpture by Colleen Priest

'Caught in the Act of Losing You – ‘Sporadanthus Ferrugineus’

Clock Tower, Christchurch re ‘remembering nature & culture through art’

Sculpture by Neil Dawson

T j i b aou Cu l t u r a l Cen t re , New Ca l edon i a

Structures expressing the nature and culture of place

T j i b aou Cu l t u r a l Cen t re , New Ca l edon i a

E c o l o g y I n d u s t r i a l P a r k P l a n , J a p a n

This is an idea for an industrial park that has a sewage disposal plant as its primary fixture. The sewage disposal plant would be in the center buried under a mound and from, the surrounding area, resemble a small island within a pond.

Self-contained developments – not reticulated

By: Nobuo Shurasuna

S i s t e r C i t y : Wu h a n , C h i n a

Like Wuhan, Christchurch has a high water table, resulting in many springs and waterways.��

Wuhan has many freshwater lakes. ��Christchurch has the sea coast. ��

Waterways - ��the springs, rivers, streams, wetlands, estuary and coast - form a natural landscape matrix and structure for this city.

C i t y o f 1 0 0 0 l a k e s v s C i t y o f 8 0 0 0 s p r i n g s

S i s t e r C i t y : Wu h a n , C h i n a

Reveal our wetlands for amenity, biodiversity & research as at Wuhan

Neighbourhood Cent re

Sustainable design & comprehensive planning needs to be implemented

Source: Christchurch City Council, Sustainable Transport: Christchurch Perspective

G r e e n B u i l d i n g M o d e l

Green Wall

Bioretention strips or stormwater planters

Solar panels within a green roof Food cultivation

Green roof

Permeable paving

Small trees Medium to large trees

Footpath


Rain garden

Rain garden

G r e e n W a l l , B r i s b a n e A u s t r a l i a

M e d i u m d e n s i t y h o u s i n g : K i n g ’ s C a n y o n , V a n c o u v e r

M e d i u m d e n s i t y h o u s i n g : Parc André Citroën, P a r i s

M e d i u m d e n s i t y h o u s i n g : P a r i s

M e d i u m d e n s i t y h o u s i n g : P o r t l a n d , O r e g o n

M e d i u m d e n s i t y h o u s i n g : V a n c o u v e r

S h a r e d g r e e n s p a c e w i t h i n m e d i u m d e n s i t y h o u s i n g , V a n c o u v e r

C h i n a t o w n P r e c i n c t , B r i s b a n e , A u s t r a l i a

C h r i s t i e W a l k – S u s t a i n a b l e C o m m u n i t y , A d e l a i d e , A u s t r a l i a

G r e e n W a l l , P a r i s

‘ M a ro k a p a ra ’ G re e n R o o f ( b u i l t 1 9 9 8 ) example of a ‘green roof ’ in the city increasing local biodiversity while reducing water runoff

Wall greened with native climber



R a i n G a r d e n s

G re e n s p a c e a ro u n d C h ri s t c h u rc h

Potential for substantial greenways (eg. Hagley Park to estuary)

More neighbourhood parks and green linkages

Source: Christchurch City Council, Sustainable Transport: Christchurch Perspective, Tony Moore

C o m m u n i t y P a r k & R e s e r v e

M o a R e s e r v e C e n t r a l C h r i s t c h u r c h

Neighbourhood Park

Wildness, informal play, flowers/food growing, performance, art & gatherings

P a c k e S t r e e t c o m m u n i t y G a r d e n , C h r i s t c h u r c h

Ci ty Ma l l N o w w e h a v e t h e r e v a m p e d m a l l , b u t n o t t h e b u i l d i n g s …

Source: Christchurch City Council, Tony Moore

R e t a i l & E n t e r t a i n m e n t A r e a

Transparent or translucent structure Shops, cafes, markets & vegetation spaces under canopy

Easily accessed by pedestrians & cycles, create city centre attractions & canopy a block or two


A p e r m a n e n t c a n o p y s t r u c t u r e , Wa i t o m o

Source: Architecture NZ Magazine 2011

Temporary canopy structure, Japan

By: Nobuo Shurasuna

Renew Our City (ROC) Renewed & resilient garden city responding to natural & cultural land patterning •  Natural corridors forming substantial greenways along at risk waterway lands, providing

pedestrian & cycle movement, recreation, ecosystem services and natural processes.

•  River parkland corridor connecting Hagley Park to the coast.

•  ‘Daylight’ and naturalise some former tributaries and wetlands.

•  Avoiding structures encroaching on waterway systems. Minimising vehicle encroachment along waterways.

•  Keeping the heritage grid, its north-south view-shafts to the Port Hills & mountains; but baffle the easterly in the east-west ones - greened corridors.

•  Building mixed-use, low-rise (tree height) buildings with well-vegetated sites and surfaces, incl green roofs, and minimising piped runoff through site management.

•  Buildings have friendly and elegant facades and uses adjoining public spaces.

•  Reduced CBD, responding to natural & cultural cues, green-belted and separated from legible villages beyond.

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