Respectful, Green & Funky Central City

Respectful, Green & Funky Central City

Di Lucas, landscape architect

Lucas Associates

June 16, 2011

New Zealand separated 85 m i l l i o n y e a r s a g o

Source: In Search of Ancient New Zealand, p. 72

Source: A Continent on the Move, p. 80

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

Ginkgo fossil

eg Malvern Hills, Clent Hills,

Clarence Valley

fern

Liriodendron ancestor

cycad

Source: Ian L. Daniel

G O N D W A N A

Source: The Natural History of Canterbury, p.863

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

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

Source: Te Whakatau Kaupapa

Little forest remains

G r e a t es t H e a l " f o r # G r e a t es t N u m b e r

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

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

C O LO N I A L

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

c o l o n i a l p a r k

n a t u r a 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 “I s a P a c i fi c S t y l e e m e r g i n g? �

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

Source: Lucas Associates

NH\ KAHIKATEA kerenu, ananaha,

hash odder pdains ecosystem TOTARA beillibird, broadkaf, odder plinks ecosystem HOUHERE piwnkawaka 9, kohuhai, mid-age pdaEns ecosystem

ruKao

puklco,, karamiu, peadand plains ecosystem

‘ 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

Dry Plains

Wet Plains

Coastal

Port Hills

Source: Lucas Associates 1995

N AT I V E P L A 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 W AT E R W AY 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

G U I D E S

WAT E R WAY E N H A N C E M E N T

LEVEE

Source: Lucas Associates

R E S TO R AT I O N

Source: Christchurch City Council 1999

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

Source: Christchurch City Council 1999

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

Source: Christchurch City

Council 1999

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

Source: Christchurch City Council 1999

Central City Waterways as at 1850 & in 2000

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

STUFF THE G R I D !

The draughty eastwest channels, that i s , p l a n t t h e m u p .

Bisect & intersect the grid to create f r i e n d l y, g r e e n l a n e s p a c e s .

Flood Management Zone in City P l a n

January 30, 2011

Avon River Blue-Greenway Pedestrian Corridor & Cycleway

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

R u a u m o k o

God of Earthquakes

Liquefaction from February 2011 quake

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

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

DRAFT LIDAR , Use with Care

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

Source: TV3 News, NZ Raw

Halswell River levees ripped after the February earthquake

Source: Lucas Associates

Art work

Cycleway

Art work

Promenade

Allotments

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

Source: Lucas Associates 2011

P e d e s t r i a n

B r i s b a n e ,

c o r r i d o r

A u s t r a l i a

The High Line, New York City

'Caught in the Act of Losing You –

‘Sporadanthus Ferrugineus’

Clock Tower, Christchurch

re ‘remembering nature & culture through art’

Sculpture by Neil Dawson

Sculpture by Colleen Priest

T j i b a o u C u l t u r a l C e n t r e , N e w C a l e d o n i a

Structures expressing the nature and culture of place

T j i b a o u C u l t u r a l C e n t r e , N e w C a l e d o n 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 reticulated

–

By: Nobuo Shurasuna

not

City of 1000 la kes vs City of 8000 s p r i n g s

Sister C h i n a

City

:

Wu h a n ,

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.

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

N e i g h b o u r h o o d C e n t r e

Sustainable design & comprehensive planning needs to be implemented

Source: Christchurch City Council, Sustainable Transport: Christchurch Perspective

Food cultivation

Solar panels within a green roof

Rain garden

Green Wall

Bioretention strips or stormwater planters

Green roof

Rain garden

Permeable paving

Small trees

Medium to large trees

Footpath

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

Source: Lucas Associates

G r e e n

Wa 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 ,

Va n c o u v e r

Medium density housing: Parc AndrĂŠ CitroĂŤn, P a r i s

Medium density housing: Paris

Medium density housing: Portland, Oregon

Medium density housing: Portland, Oregon

M e d i u m

d e n s i t y

h o u s i n g :

Va 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 :

Va 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 , Va n c o u v e r

Shared green space within medium d e n s i t y h o u s i n g , Va 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

Christie Walk – Sustainable 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

Christie Walk – Sustainable 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

Christie Walk – Sustainable 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

Christie Walk – Sustainable 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

Green Wall, Paris

‘ M a r o k a p a r a ’ G r e 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

Source: Lucas Associates

R a i n G a r d e n s

Source: Lucas Associates

G r e e n s p a c e a r o u n d C h r i s t c h u r c 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

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

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

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

Neighbourhood Park

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

City Mall

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

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

Source: Lucas Associates

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

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

A per manent canopy str ucture , W a 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.

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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.

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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.

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

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