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Taking international architects on a tour of the city offered architect Cymon Allfrey the opportunity to be reintroduced to the potential of Christchurch…
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orking and living in Christchurch, it is at times challenging to keep the thinking fresh and honest in terms of the value an architect brings to a project – distinction from others, uniqueness. While not about creating iconic responses, every opportunity has different criteria, which equates to different results. No two buildings look and respond the same identical way to their site. And in Christchurch, where we are presented with such a blank canvas, it can be hard to take the blinkers off and remain truly creative in your thinking. A few weeks ago I had the privilege, along with Christchurch City Council Principal Urban Designer Hugh Nicholson, of hosting international architects, Rob McBride and Debbie Ryan of Melbourne’s MCR – McBride Charles Ryan. As well as a tour around the central city, we took Ryan and McBride out to the red-zoned eastern suburbs and through Sumner to Taylors Mistake, where we talked about the geology of the city and how it relates to its architectural recovery.
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