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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Filling Christchurch Gaps
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2 comments:
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Yes as Christchurch progresses with clearing the rubble there will be a lot of empty spaces until re-development gets underway and no doubt some sites will be vacant for a very long time (and some not). Council has indicated that it will clean up vacant sites in the interim, landscaping, seating alt use etc and not be tempted to create lots of temporary car parks. In some places this has already occurred (see old ASKO site on Victoria St which if you didn't know does not look like it was a demolition zone).
What will be interesting is that many sites will become the home to "popup" businesses (shops, cafes, bars etc). There are some great examples of this in place already and as summer comes this will become much more prevalent and play a great role in getting a bit of movement back into the CBD areas boundary surrounding the barriers (which continues to recede). ReStart in Cashel Mall due to open late Oct will be a larger scale example; but also see the bar on the old Carlton Hotel site, Quinns in Merivale etc.
What will be of utmost importance for Council and CERA is to ensure that those pop-ups in the CBD and and emerging cleared areas are attractive, well-designed/clever, interesting and relevant. It would be a disaster if they are developed in a haphazard way and become and an eyesore. -
September 7, 2011 at 7:58 AM
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Sean, Thanks for this comment. I went on the internet to look at the old ASKO site. And was interested to see that it is the image in the background of one of the photos I took down there. It's the one with the sign that reads: "rebuild, brick by brick". I guess I don't think that's the right message. It was disturbing. Walls like that fell down and killed people. That doesn't take away the need to fill spaces. I saw three sites that were taken up by caravans and food places and temporary cafes. I will run another blog with this. I was really interested in seeing how the spaces were being re-used....
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September 9, 2011 at 8:13 AM
2 comments:
Yes as Christchurch progresses with clearing the rubble there will be a lot of empty spaces until re-development gets underway and no doubt some sites will be vacant for a very long time (and some not). Council has indicated that it will clean up vacant sites in the interim, landscaping, seating alt use etc and not be tempted to create lots of temporary car parks. In some places this has already occurred (see old ASKO site on Victoria St which if you didn't know does not look like it was a demolition zone).
What will be interesting is that many sites will become the home to "popup" businesses (shops, cafes, bars etc). There are some great examples of this in place already and as summer comes this will become much more prevalent and play a great role in getting a bit of movement back into the CBD areas boundary surrounding the barriers (which continues to recede). ReStart in Cashel Mall due to open late Oct will be a larger scale example; but also see the bar on the old Carlton Hotel site, Quinns in Merivale etc.
What will be of utmost importance for Council and CERA is to ensure that those pop-ups in the CBD and and emerging cleared areas are attractive, well-designed/clever, interesting and relevant. It would be a disaster if they are developed in a haphazard way and become and an eyesore.
Sean, Thanks for this comment. I went on the internet to look at the old ASKO site. And was interested to see that it is the image in the background of one of the photos I took down there. It's the one with the sign that reads: "rebuild, brick by brick". I guess I don't think that's the right message. It was disturbing. Walls like that fell down and killed people. That doesn't take away the need to fill spaces. I saw three sites that were taken up by caravans and food places and temporary cafes. I will run another blog with this. I was really interested in seeing how the spaces were being re-used....
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